Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-051
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 12:48 PM–1:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Deputy Assistant to the President. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this connection.
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 1:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-51
Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:48 pm and 1:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 363-5D]
Request for a call to Alexander P. ButterfieldAlso recorded on August 8, 1972
- 029-046 12:37 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 363-003 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 029-047 12:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:39 pm.
- 363-004 12:38 PM · 7 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 12:38 pm and 12:39 pm.
- 029-048 12:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 12:39 pm to 12:42 pm.
- 363-005 12:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:39 pm to 1:24 pm.
- 029-049 12:42 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:47 pm.
- 029-050 12:47 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 12:47 pm to 12:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-051, August 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/029-051 (accessed September 22, 2026).