Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-016
Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on Administrative planning
Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 12:37 PM–12:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 47 sec
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President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull in his Old Executive Office Building suite to review and coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule. The brief three-minute discussion focused exclusively on logistics and administrative planning regarding the President's appointments. No policy decisions were recorded, as the meeting served strictly as an organizational briefing for the White House staff.
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NARA Description
On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-16
Date: April 11, 1972
Time: 12:37 pm - 12:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.
The President's schedule
Bull left at 12:40 pm.Also recorded on April 11, 1972
- 329-015 12:35 PM · 18 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 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 706-003 12:35 PM · 39 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 022-106 12:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 329-017 12:40 PM · 4 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 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 329-018 12:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
- 022-107 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 329-019 1:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 022-108 1:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-016, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).