Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-043
Nixon & Butterfield on White House administration
Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 3:27 PM–3:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
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.
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 04:28:09 into the tape and ends around 04:29:15.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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]
Also recorded on April 12, 1972
- 022-118 3:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:20 pm.
- 330-039 3:20 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:20 pm.
- 022-119 3:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 330-041 3:26 PM · 11 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 3:26 pm and 3:27 pm.
- 330-042 3:26 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 3:26 pm and 3:27 pm.
- 022-120 3:27 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:27 pm.
- 022-121 3:27 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:27 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 330-044 3:29 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, Walter R. Tkach, and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 4:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 330-043, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-043 (accessed October 1, 2026).