Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 838 › Conversation 838-022
Butterfield on White House Tapes and Oval Office
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 1:04 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec
AI Summary
Alexander P. Butterfield engages in an brief, unidentified telephone conversation from the Oval Office. The audio recording provides no substantive dialogue, rendering the specific context, participants, or administrative actions impossible to determine. Consequently, no policy decisions or developments were captured during this segment of the taping system.
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NARA Description
On January 11, 1973, unknown person(s) and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 838-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 838-22
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown after 1:04 pm
Locations: Oval Office
An unknown person [Butterfield?] spoke on the telephone.
An unknown person’s location [?]
-EOB
The unknown person left at an unknown time after 1:04 pm.Also recorded on January 11, 1973
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 838-022, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/838-022 (accessed October 11, 2026).