Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 715 › Conversation 715-004
Nixon, Butterfield & Kissinger on Apollo XVI and NASA
Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 12:28 PM–12:32 PM ET · Oval Office ·3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and Henry Kissinger to manage his immediate schedule and finalize administrative tasks, including the signing of official documents. The participants coordinated logistics for upcoming appointments, such as a meeting with George Shultz and Herbert Stein, and discussed preparations for a congratulatory call to the Apollo XVI astronauts. This brief session served to organize the President’s agenda and facilitate communication with key staff and external officials.
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NARA Description
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 715-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 715-4
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: 12:28 pm - 12:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Signature on documents
The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?] at an unknown time
between 12:28 and 12:32 pm.
[Conversation no. 715-4A]
Speech draft
Meeting with the President
-Time
-The President's schedule
-The President's location
-Time
[End of telephone conversation]
[Signing documents]
The President's schedule
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-4 (cont.)
-Call to Apollo XVI astronauts
-Florida
-Meeting with George P. Shultz and Herbert Stein
-Call to astronauts
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Photograph
-Florida
-Call to National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Invitation to Camp David
-Invitation to White House dinner
-John W. Young
-Previous trips into space
-Rank
-Meeting with Kissinger
Butterfield left at 12:32 pm.Also recorded on April 26, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 715-004, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/715-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).