Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-163
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on Henry Kissinger and Briefing books
Friday, May 19, 1972 · 7:56 PM–7:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield coordinate the delivery of briefing materials prepared by Henry Kissinger. Butterfield confirms the logistical arrangements for getting these essential documents to the President. This brief exchange ensures Nixon has the necessary background information for his upcoming agenda.
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NARA Description
On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 7:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-163 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-163
Date: May 19, 1972
Time: 7:56 pm - 7:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.
Henry A. Kissinger
-Briefing books
-Delivery to the PresidentAlso recorded on May 19, 1972
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- 101-012 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
- 101-013 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
- 101-014 5:23 PM · 44 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
- 101-015 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
- 101-016 5:23 PM · 11 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
- 726-015 5:25 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:25 pm to 5:35 pm.
- 726-016 5:35 PM · 47 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-163, May 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-163 (accessed October 9, 2026).