Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 650 › Conversation 650-010

Nixon & Butterfield on Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 12:31 PM–12:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation650-010 on Tape 650 (tape position 02:56:09–02:56:20)StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 12:31 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 12:33 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 650-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss a phone call from Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield. The brief exchange served as a situational update regarding the legislative leadership's communication with the White House. No specific policy decisions were finalized during this short interaction.

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Aye.
Sir, someone's gotten used to it.

NARA Description

On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 650-10

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Phone call from Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield

Butterfield left at 12:33 pm.

Also recorded on January 18, 1972

  • 018-113 10:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 12:33 pm.
  • 650-007 11:27 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:27 am.
  • 650-008 11:27 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:27 am to 11:31 am.
  • 650-009 11:31 AM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, John B. Connally, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 12:31 pm.
  • 018-101 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 650-011 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 650-012 12:34 PM · 1 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Gerald R. Ford, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 2:29 pm.
  • 018-102 12:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford, and Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 650-010, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-010 (accessed September 29, 2026).