President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule. The discussion specifically addressed arrangements for a planned political meeting involving H.R. Haldeman. This brief consultation served to confirm logistical priorities and ensure the synchronization of the President's administrative and political engagements.
On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 790-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 790-10
Date: October 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:43 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Political meeting
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.