Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Butterfield

Wednesday, June 28, 1972 · 3:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-048 on Tape 26 (tape position 01:20:24–01:20:32)StartWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:15 PMEndWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-048 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646368486 ↗

An 8-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape (archivists' log): 01:20:24 – 01:20:32

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Operator reports unable to locate Butterfield; Nixon acknowledges.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-048, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646368486). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-048 (accessed November 14, 2026).