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On October 22, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Linwood Holton, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-085 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator. The President's schedule Butterfield talked with Linwood Holton. Salutations The President's schedule The President talked with Holton between 3:30 pm and 3:35 pm. Holton's forthcoming press conference - Supreme Court nominees - William H. Rehnquist - Warren E. Burger - Richard H. Poff - Holton's support - Rehnquist - Lewis F. Powell, Jr. - Jinks Holton - Previous conversation with Holton - John N. Mitchell - State National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] - Support - Holton's assessment of the President's performance The President's schedule - Japan - Nobusuke Kishi - Textile agreement - Virginia factories Foreign Affairs - Pakistan - President's previous meeting with Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen - India - Middle East - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]- US role - People's Republic of China [PRC - Pakistan Virginia's school situation - Holton's schedule - The President's schedule - Dwight L. Chapin, John D. Ehrlichman, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Chapin - PRC. Participants: Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator; Holton, Linwood; Nixon, Richard M. (President).