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Nixon & Butterfield

Tuesday, March 28, 1972 · 7:48 AM–10:19 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation695-001 on Tape 695 (tape position 00:13:02–00:21:03)StartTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 7:48 AMEndTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 10:19 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 695-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181117 ↗

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On March 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:48 am and 10:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 695-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 695-1

Date: March 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:48 am and 10:19 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Greeting

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:19 am.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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Conversation 695-001, March 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181117). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/695-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).