Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-027
Nixon & Butterfield on White House administration and Presidential staff
Monday, April 10, 1972 · 2:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation served as a short administrative check-in between the President and his aide regarding the daily operational flow of the White House. No substantive policy decisions or critical developments were recorded during this brief interaction.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 330-27 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 2:59 pm - 3:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield. [See Conversation No. 22-99]
Also recorded on April 10, 1972
- 022-098 1:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 022-099 2:59 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 022-100 3:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
- 330-028 3:05 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
- 330-029 3:06 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 330-030 3:06 PM · 36 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 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 330-031 3:10 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:55 pm.
- 705-015 4:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 330-027, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-027 (accessed October 1, 2026).