President Nixon held a brief one-minute meeting with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate a telephone call from John B. Connally. This interaction served primarily as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the former Treasury Secretary. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this brief encounter.
On September 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:39 am to 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 778-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 778-9
Date: September 15, 1972
Time: 10:39 am - 10:40 am
Location: Oval Office
(rev. Feb-24)
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield at 10:39 am.
Telephone call from John B. Connally
Butterfield left at 10:40 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.