Nixon White House TapesTape 365 › Conversation 365-001

Nixon, Ziegler & Butterfield on Committee to Re-elect the President and CRP

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:29 PM–1:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.;  Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation365-001 onTape 365StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndMonday, October 9, 1972 at 1:38 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 365-001 ↗

President Nixon met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and discuss specific announcements regarding the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP). The participants focused on managing the logistics of the President's public engagements and the strategic messaging surrounding his re-election campaign. This session served to align staff on the timing and content of official communications before the group adjourned.

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President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 365-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 365-1

Date: Unknown between October 6 and 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm, October 6 and 1:38 pm, October 9, 1972
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Alexander P. Butterfield.

        The President’s schedule

        Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]

        Announcement

Ziegler and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:38 pm, October 9, 1972.
  • 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 365-002 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 365-003 12:29 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 793-017 12:29 PM · 56 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 4:01 pm.
  • 354-014 12:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm.

Conversation 365-001, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/365-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).