Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 740 › Conversation 740-006
Nixon & Butterfield
Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 4:35 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate a return phone call to Tricia Nixon Cox. Butterfield facilitated the logistics of this communication before immediately departing the Oval Office. No other substantive policy or political matters were recorded during this brief encounter.
Audio
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NARA Description
On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 740-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 740-6
Date: June 22, 1972
Time: 4:35 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield at 4:35 pm.
Telephone call from Tricia Nixon Cox
-Return call
Butterfield left at 4:35 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available because Easy Nixon does not have the audio yet.
Also recorded on June 22, 1972
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- 025-124 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-125 4:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-126 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.
- 740-005 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
- 740-007 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Richard J. Daley, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:35 pm to 5:20 pm.
- 025-127 5:02 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:04 pm.
- 025-128 5:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 740-006, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/740-006 (accessed November 14, 2026).