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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation022-100 onTape 22 (tape position 03:57:24–03:57:32)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:05 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 3:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-100 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief telephone coordination to finalize the timing for a speech draft. Butterfield confirmed that the document would be ready for the President's review by 4:00 pm. This exchange ensured the immediate administrative workflow regarding the President's upcoming remarks.

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Yeah.
Mr. Butterfield?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just an hour, sir.
Four o'clock.
Okay.

NARA Description

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]

     Speech draft
          -Time of completion

Also recorded on April 10, 1972

  • 022-098 1:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 022-099 2:59 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 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.
  • 330-028 3:05 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
  • 330-029 3:06 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 330-030 3:06 PM · 36 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.
  • 330-031 3:10 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 705-015 4:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:41 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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-100 (accessed September 18, 2026).