Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 386 › Conversation 386-003
Nixon & Butterfield on White House schedule and H.R. Haldeman
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 6:29 PM–6:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 59 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics and the President's upcoming schedule. They discussed the arrangements for a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and a reception for California administration officials. Additionally, the pair reviewed the physical placement of furniture and finalized the timing for a document requiring the President’s signature.
- White House schedule
- H.R. Haldeman
- Administrative logistics
- Presidential desk
- California reception
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NARA Description
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:29 pm to 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 386-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 386-3
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 6:29 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-31-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 386-3 (cont’d)
Chair
-Placement
The President’s schedule
-Reception for California administration officials
Item for the President’s signature
-Desk
-Timing
Butterfield left at 6:30 pm.Also recorded on December 5, 1972
- 386-002 6:20 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:29 pm.
- 034-148 6:30 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:43 pm.
- 386-004 6:30 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 034-026 6:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:43 pm to 6:44 pm.
- 386-005 6:44 PM · 50 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-006 6:44 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-007 6:44 PM · 12 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-008 6:44 PM · 1 min — 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 386-003, December 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/386-003 (accessed September 28, 2026).