Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 368 › Conversation 368-037

Nixon & Butterfield on Labor leaders and Charles Colson

Thursday, October 19, 1972 · 10:40 AM–10:50 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation368-037 on Tape 368StartThursday, October 19, 1972 at 10:40 AMEndThursday, October 19, 1972 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 368-037 ↗

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On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 10:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-037 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 368-37

Date: October 19, 1972
Time: 10:40 am - Unknown before 10:50 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

        The President's schedule
            -Paul Hall, Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason, Paul Richardson
                -Charles W. Colson
                -Possible photograph opportunity
                -1701 [Pennsylvania Avenue] [The Committee to Re-elect the President]
                [CRP]

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 368-037, October 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-037 (accessed November 2, 2026).