{"conversationCode":"003-117","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-117","startDateTime":"1971-05-22T00:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-22T00:48:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1971","startTime":"8:48 PM","endDate":"21-May-1971","endTime":"8:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-117 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 003-117\n\nDate: May 21, 1971\nTime: 8:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Alexander P. Butterfield\n           -Cancellation","filename":["003-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:21:18","tapeEnd":"02:21:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-116","nextCode":"003-118","transcript":[{"start":3.66,"end":4.41,"text":"I have one."},{"start":4.43,"end":4.87,"text":"I see, Mr. President."},{"start":4.89,"end":5.4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a call to Alexander P. Butterfield. Shortly after initiating the request, the President instructed the operator to cancel the call. No further discussion or substantive business was conducted during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:31:14.469Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-117.mp3","bytes":95464,"durationSec":5.35,"bitrate":142624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}