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Nixon & Butterfield on Staffing and Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:41 PM–3:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation314-003 on Tape 314 (tape position 01:06:42–01:07:09)StartThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:41 PMEndThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 314-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185595 ↗

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On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 314-003
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 3:50 pm.

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  • 314-002 3:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-004 3:41 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-005 3:41 PM · 11 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 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-010 3:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 314-011 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 018-085 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 314-006 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 314-007 3:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.

Conversation 314-003, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185595). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-003 (accessed November 13, 2026).