Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 320 › Conversation 320-026
Nixon & Butterfield on White House administration
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 3:00 PM–3:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Old Executive Office Building to review and coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule. The brief two-minute session served as a routine administrative briefing regarding logistical arrangements. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this brief scheduling update.
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 320-26
Date: February 8, 1972
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
Butterfield left at 3:02 pm.Also recorded on February 8, 1972
- 020-064 2:51 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 020-065 2:51 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 320-020 2:51 PM · 12 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 020-066 2:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Earl B. Ruth talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 320-024 2:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Earl B. Ruth met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 020-067 2:57 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 320-025 2:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 320-027 3:05 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 320-026, February 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/320-026 (accessed October 2, 2026).