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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-106 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:15:55–04:16:02)StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 12:40 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 1:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-106 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193177 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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. Butterfield

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Yes, please?
Butterfield, please.
Thank you.

Also 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 · 42 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-106, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193177). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-106 (accessed November 15, 2026).