Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 364 › Conversation 364-001
Nixon & Butterfield on Committee to Re-elect the President and Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 5, 1972 · 12:20 PM–12:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize the details of his upcoming presidential schedule and meeting formats. The discussion focused on coordinating appointments with foreign dignitaries, including Henry Kissinger and Irish Foreign Minister Patrick Hillery, as well as managing logistics for the Black Executive Advisory Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President. Nixon explicitly directed Butterfield to keep his attendance at the committee meeting brief, scheduling a brief two-minute appearance.
- Presidential Scheduling
- Committee to Re-elect the President
- Foreign Policy
- Alexander P. Butterfield
- Logistics
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NARA Description
On October 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 12:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 364-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 364-1
Date: October 5, 1972
Time: 12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Meeting
-Format
-Camp David
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Lawrence M. Higby
-October 6, 1972
-Meeting with Pote Sarasin
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with Patrick Hillary
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Black Executive Advisory Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the
President [CRP]
-Admiral Horacio Rivero
-Location
-Spain, Texas
Butterfield left at 12:25 pm.Also recorded on October 5, 1972
- 792-001 11:05 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, reporters, and news conferences attendees, including Frank Cormier, Gaylord Shaw, Eugene V. Risher, Norm Kempster, Ralph Harris, John W. ("Pat") Heffernan, Marc Hutten, Claude Moisy, Gene Carlson, Thomas E. Jarriel, Robert Pierpoint, David Breasted, Gary Axelson, Forrest Boyd, Mike Maus, Cliff Evans, Fay G. Wells, Donald Fulsom, Gil Butler, Charles Van Dyke, Thomas Girard, Peter Kumpa, Phil P. Potter, Sal Micciche, Lucian C.("Lou") Warren, Peter Lisagor, Tom Littlewood, Fred Farrar, Courtney Sheldon, Karen Elliott, Jerald F. ("Jerry") terHorst, Sarah McClendon, John Cauley, Bob Toth, Frank Wright, Frank van der Linden, Paul Healy, Stan Carter, Robert B. Semple, Jr., Martin Schram, Larry O'Rourke, Jim Deakin, Jim Gannon, Carroll Kilpatrick, Garnett D. ("Jack") Horner, Mary McGrory, Jim Carey, David Barnett, Robert Boyd, Donald Bacon, Bruce Agnew, Hugh S. Sidey, Henry Hubbard, John F. Osborne, Jerrold L. Schecter, Howard Norton, John P. ("Jack") Sutherland, Al Sullivan, Bill Sprague, Roy McCartney, Dave de-Segonzac, Fred Bonavita, Frank Kane, Ed O'Brien, Kenji Wakamatsu, Akira Noguchi, Hiroshi Kondo, Jin Tae Hong, Tatsuro Matsumura, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler and Patrick J. Buchanan, unknown person(s) [an unknown woman], Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Scali, John D. Ehrlichman, and Charles W. Colson, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 12:10 pm.
- 792-002 12:14 PM · 14 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 364-002 12:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 364-003 12:25 PM · 11 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 12:25 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 364-004 12:26 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:26 pm to 1:36 pm.
- 031-002 12:29 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm.
- 364-005 1:36 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 364-006 1:36 PM · 20 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 1:36 pm and 2:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 364-001, October 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/364-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).