Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 662 › Conversation 662-003
Nixon & Butterfield on White House scheduling and Billy Graham
Tuesday, February 1, 1972 · 9:45 AM–10:03 AM ET · Oval Office ·13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's immediate daily schedule. The discussion centered on logistics for upcoming meetings with Billy Graham and H. R. Haldeman. The session concluded with Butterfield managing the President's appointments to ensure his agenda proceeded as planned.
- White House scheduling
- Billy Graham
- H. R. Haldeman
- Presidential staff coordination
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NARA Description
On February 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 662-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 662-3
Date: February 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 10:03 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham meeting
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.Also recorded on February 1, 1972
- 662-001 9:33 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:35 am.
- 662-002 9:39 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:39 am to 9:45 am.
- 662-004 10:03 AM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William F. ("Billy") Graham, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 11:37 am.
- 662-005 11:39 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:52 am.
- 662-006 11:53 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. David R. Scott, Mrs. David R. Scott, Col. James B. Irwin, Mrs. James B. Irwin, Lt. Col. Alfred M. Worden, Peter M. Flanigan, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:05 pm.
- 662-007 12:05 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:08 pm.
- 662-008 12:08 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David Barrus, Eric E. Hillary, Edwin R. Yarbrough, Kenneth L. Beale, Jr., David D. Chambers, David Harrington, Robert L. Larson, Jr., Stephen Larson, John T. Lyons, Kerry K. Morgan, Frank Ramirez, Jr., John J. Richie, III, Dave Snell, Millard F. Waters, Stephen Wirkes, Alden G. Barber, Norton Clapp, David Boshea, Randy Scott, Revel L. Robertson, George C. Freeman, Michael J. Farrell, Richard A. Moore, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 12:19 pm.
- 662-009 12:20 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 662-003, February 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/662-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).