Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-120
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield
Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 3:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Alexander P. Butterfield. The call serves as a brief logistical communication intended to facilitate direct contact between the President and his Deputy Assistant. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this short connection process.
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-120
Date: April 12, 1972
Time: 3:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 330-42]
Request for call to Alexander P. ButterfieldAlso recorded on April 12, 1972
- 022-118 3:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:20 pm.
- 330-039 3:20 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:20 pm.
- 022-119 3:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 330-041 3:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:27 pm.
- 330-042 3:26 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:27 pm.
- 022-121 3:27 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:27 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 330-043 3:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:27 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 330-044 3:29 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, Walter R. Tkach, and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 4:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-120, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-120 (accessed October 1, 2026).