Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 340 › Conversation 340-001
Nixon & Butterfield on White House administration
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 1:12 PM–1:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Old Executive Office Building to review the President’s daily schedule. This brief one-minute meeting served as a routine administrative coordination between the President and his deputy assistant. No major policy developments were recorded during this session.
- Presidential scheduling
- Alexander Butterfield
- White House administration
- Executive office procedures
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, 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 1:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 340-1
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 1:12 pm - 1:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
Butterfield left at 1:13 pm.Also recorded on May 16, 1972
- 340-002 1:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:19 pm.
- 340-003 1:19 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:19 pm to 1:20 pm.
- 024-151 1:20 PM · 0 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:20 pm.
- 024-168 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:20 pm to 1:22 pm.
- 340-004 1:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm.
- 340-005 1:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:22 pm.
- 024-152 1:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 340-006 1:22 PM · 3 min — 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 1:22 pm and 3:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 340-001, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/340-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).