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 onTape 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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President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review the President's upcoming schedule and logistics. The discussion focused on coordinating meetings with labor leaders Paul Hall, Thomas Gleason, and Paul Richardson, alongside consultations with Charles Colson. They also evaluated the potential for a photo opportunity and discussed operations at the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) headquarters.

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NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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 September 18, 2026).