Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-106
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield
Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 12:40 PM–1:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Alexander P. Butterfield. The purpose of this exchange is purely administrative, facilitating communication between the President and a key aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded in this brief connection process.
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NARA Description
On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-106 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-106
Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 329-18A]
Request for call to Alexander P. ButterfieldAlso recorded on April 11, 1972
- 329-015 12:35 PM · 18 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 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 706-003 12:35 PM · 39 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 329-016 12:37 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 329-017 12:40 PM · 4 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 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 329-018 12:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 022-107 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 329-019 1:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 022-108 1:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-106, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-106 (accessed October 1, 2026).