Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-007 on Tape 24 (tape position 00:08:24–00:08:33)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:13 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander P. Butterfield. After learning that Stephen B. Bull was unavailable, the President explicitly requested that Butterfield be brought in to speak with him. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative step to establish contact with key personnel.

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Hello.
Steve Bull is out of the city.
Well, ask, get Butterfield in.
Butterfield, good.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-7

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 4:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 336-20]

     Stephen B. Bull
          -Location

     Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 336-020 4:13 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:13 pm.
  • 024-008 4:14 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 336-021 4:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 024-009 4:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-022 4:15 PM · 13 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 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-023 4:15 PM · 27 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 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 024-010 4:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:25 pm.
  • 336-024 4:25 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-007, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).