Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-097
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on White House social events
Saturday, December 16, 1972 · 12:11 PM–12:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield to clarify why John B. Connally and Melvin R. Laird were absent from an upcoming White House dinner. Butterfield was unable to provide a specific reason for Connally’s absence or his current whereabouts. The brief exchange highlights the President's personal attention to guest list management and the logistical uncertainty surrounding the attendance of key political figures.
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NARA Description
On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-097 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-97
Date: December 16, 1972
Time: 12:11 pm - 12:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.
[See Conversation No. 382-2B]
White House social affairs
-Dinner, December 16, 1972
-John B. Connally
-Melvin R. Laird
-Connally’s scheduleAlso recorded on December 16, 1972
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- 825-013 11:09 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
- 825-014 11:09 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
- 825-015 11:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am.
- 382-001 11:25 AM · 38 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 11:25 am and 11:30 am.
- 034-096 11:30 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 12:11 pm.
- 382-002 11:30 AM · 1 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm.
- 382-003 12:45 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:45 pm to 1:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-097, December 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-097 (accessed October 5, 2026).