President Nixon met with his Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield for a brief, one-minute administrative consultation in the Old Executive Office Building. While no transcript is available to detail the specific content, this meeting highlights the routine internal communication between the President and the aide responsible for managing the White House taping system. The exchange likely served to address logistical matters regarding presidential scheduling or security operations.
On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:27 pm to 3:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 330-43 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: 3:27 pm - 3:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield. [See Conversation No. 22-121]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.