Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-100
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on Speechwriting
Monday, April 10, 1972 · 3:05 PM–3:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-100 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-100
Date: April 10, 1972
Time: 3:05 pm - 3:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 330-28A]
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Also recorded on April 10, 1972
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- 330-027 2:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
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- 330-030 3:06 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-100, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193165). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-100 (accessed November 8, 2026).