Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-052
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on White House logistics
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 1:23 PM–1:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield conducted a brief telephonic exchange primarily concerned with logistics and the President's upcoming schedule. The conversation focused on coordination regarding the schedule of an unnamed third party. No major policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:23 pm to 1:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-52
Date: August 8, 1972
Time: 1:23 pm - 1:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.
[See Conversation No. 363-5E]
The President's schedule
-Unknown person’s scheduleAlso recorded on August 8, 1972
- 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.
- 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.
- 029-051 12:48 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 363-006 1:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 363-007 1:24 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 363-008 1:24 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 363-009 1:24 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 3:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-052, 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/029-052 (accessed October 21, 2026).