Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-022

Nixon & Butterfield on John McCarroll

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 5:22 PM–5:23 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation758-022 on Tape 758StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:22 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 758-022 ↗

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NARA Description

On August 1, 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 758-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 758-22

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 5:22 pm - 5:23 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

              The President's schedule
                  -Forthcoming telephone call to John McCarroll
                      -McCarroll’s schedule

              Material for files

Butterfield left at 5:23 pm.

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  • 758-021 5:21 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:22 pm.
  • 028-038 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John McCarroll, Jim Keys, and Elmer Roger talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
  • 758-023 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John McCarroll met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
  • 028-039 5:26 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:26 pm on August 1, 1972 and 9:33 am on August 2, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 758-022, August 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/758-022 (accessed November 15, 2026).