Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 794 › Conversation 794-004

Nixon & Butterfield on Congressional surrogates and White House logistics

Monday, October 9, 1972 · 11:56 AM–11:58 AM ET · Oval Office ·23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation794-004 onTape 794StartMonday, October 9, 1972 at 11:56 AMEndMonday, October 9, 1972 at 11:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 794-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details regarding a scheduled breakfast meeting with congressional surrogates. The conversation focused on the arrangements for this upcoming event on October 10, 1972. This brief exchange served to finalize the President's immediate scheduling priorities.

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NARA Description

On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 794-4

Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:56 am and 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

        The President's schedule
            -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting
                -Congressional surrogates

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:58 am.

Also recorded on October 9, 1972

  • 794-003 11:36 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Russell E. Train, John C. Whitaker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:36 am to 11:56 am.
  • 794-005 11:58 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Winston W. Marsh, James Low, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:10 pm.
  • 794-019 12:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:13 pm.
  • 794-006 12:13 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sharon McLarty, I. W. McLarty, Mrs. I. W. McLarty, Tony McLarty, James O. Eastland, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, William E. Timmons, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:36 pm.
  • 794-007 12:36 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 794-008 12:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
  • 794-009 12:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
  • 794-020 12:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 794-004, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).