Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 865 › Conversation 865-012
Nixon & Butterfield on John Dean and Summoning staff
Wednesday, February 28, 1973 · 9:02 AM–9:12 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that Alexander Butterfield summon John Dean to the Oval Office. The purpose of this brief meeting was to facilitate Dean's arrival for a subsequent discussion. Butterfield departed before Dean arrived, and no further substantive topics were addressed in this segment.
- John Dean
- Summoning staff
- Oval Office meeting
- Alexander Butterfield
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NARA Description
On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 865-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 865-12
Date: February 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:12 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Request that John W. Dean, III join him
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.Also recorded on February 28, 1973
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- 037-005 9:01 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
- 865-010 9:01 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
- 037-006 9:02 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 12:30 pm.
- 865-011 9:02 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
- 865-013 9:02 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
- 865-014 9:12 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:23 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 865-012, February 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/865-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).