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

Nixon & Butterfield on John McCarroll and White House logistics

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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to discuss the scheduling of a forthcoming telephone call to John McCarroll. The discussion focused on coordinating the availability of both parties to facilitate the communication. The meeting concluded after the exchange of necessary logistical information for the President's files.

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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.

Also recorded on August 1, 1972

  • 758-018 5:17 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm.
  • 758-019 5:17 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm.
  • 028-037 5:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 758-020 5:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 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 October 1, 2026).