President Nixon attempted to reach Alexander P. Butterfield via a White House operator. The conversation served as an unsuccessful administrative effort to establish contact with a key staff member. No further substantive discussion occurred due to the inability to complete the call.
On June 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 26-48
Date: June 28, 1972
Time: 3:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Unable to reach Alexander P. Butterfield
(rev. Jan-02)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.