Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 803 › Conversation 803-010
Nixon & Butterfield on William E. Timmons and Hugh Scott
Wednesday, October 18, 1972 · 11:59 AM–12:02 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and an unidentified individual to coordinate his immediate schedule and manage logistical arrangements. During the brief session, the President requested a meeting with William E. Timmons and discussed Senator Hugh Scott. The dialogue concluded with the President utilizing the White House operator to facilitate further administrative communications.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 803-10
Date: October 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:59 am and 12:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:59 am.
The President's request to meet with William E. Timmons
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.
Hugh Scott
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:59 am and
12:02 pm.
[Conversation No. 803-10A]
[See Conversation No. 31-117]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.Also recorded on October 18, 1972
- 031-116 11:45 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:45 am.
- 803-008 11:45 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:45 am.
- 803-009 11:45 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 11:59 am.
- 031-117 11:59 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:02 pm.
- 803-011 12:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:04 pm.
- 031-118 12:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott talked on the telephone from 12:04 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 803-012 12:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 803-013 12:09 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 1:27 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 803-010, October 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-010 (accessed October 10, 2026).