Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 692 › Conversation 692-006

Nixon & Butterfield on Oval Office and Administration

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 5:22 PM–5:23 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation692-006 on Tape 692 (tape position 01:23:26–01:24:28)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 5:22 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 692-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to facilitate the delivery of a specific item. The discussion was extremely short and lacked substantive political discourse, concluding immediately upon the item's handover. This brief interaction served administrative or logistical purposes rather than policy formulation.

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NARA Description

On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 692-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 692-6

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: 5:22 pm - 5:23 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

      Delivery of an item [?]

Butterfield left.

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  • 022-006 5:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 692-008 6:24 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:24 pm to 6:27 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 692-006, March 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/692-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).