Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-008

Nixon phone call with Butterfield on personal services

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:14 PM–4:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation024-008 on Tape 24 (tape position 00:08:33–00:08:46)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:14 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Alexander P. Butterfield to inquire about the availability of the White House barber. Upon learning that the barber was not currently on-site, Nixon directed Butterfield to arrange for the barber to report to the White House at 5:30 p.m. Butterfield acknowledged the request and committed to scheduling the appointment as instructed.

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Hello.
Yes, sir.
Do you know whether the barber is here today?
The barber is, our barber is not here today normally, but we can get him.
Yeah.
Okay.
Get him down at 530.
Okay.
Will do, sir.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-8

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 4:14 pm - 4:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See also Conversation No. 336-21]

     White House barber
          -Appointment
              -Time

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 024-007 4:13 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:13 pm.
  • 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.
  • 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 024-008, 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/024-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).