{"conversationCode":"003-182","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":182,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-182","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T20:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T20:52:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"4:51 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"4:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:51 pm to 4:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-182 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. 003-182\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: 4:51 pm - 4:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-004D]\n\n     President's speech, May 29, 1971\n          -Alternative conclusions\n          -Draft","filename":["003-182.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:32:02","tapeEnd":"04:32:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"003-181","nextCode":"003-183","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.65,"end":2.97,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.55,"end":4.92,"text":"Do you have a copy?"},{"start":5.01,"end":7.8,"text":"Is that the last speech thing for tomorrow?"},{"start":7.86,"end":9,"text":"Is that over there yet?"},{"start":9.1,"end":15.35,"text":"I'll tell you what I just did get, sir, within the last five minutes, are three substitutes for page eight."},{"start":15.9,"end":20.57,"text":"So was there to be more than that, or do you have... What about the... No, no, no, no, no."},{"start":20.59,"end":22.07,"text":"I just wanted some stuff to look at."},{"start":22.11,"end":27.8,"text":"There was three... Yeah, I told them to suggest three bits at the last."},{"start":28.22,"end":29.4,"text":"Now, but..."},{"start":29.38,"end":31.22,"text":"In addition to that."},{"start":31.26,"end":32.38,"text":"What about the rest of it?"},{"start":32.41,"end":33.91,"text":"It is over there, too."},{"start":34.75,"end":38.58,"text":"The rest of the speech is not here, no, sir, but I'll track it down if you don't have it."},{"start":38.6,"end":39,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":39.14,"end":41.21,"text":"Just keep it all there, and I'll be over and look at it."},{"start":41.23,"end":42.11,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":42.13,"end":42.71,"text":"We'll do it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield coordinate the delivery and review of drafts for an upcoming presidential speech scheduled for May 29, 1971. Butterfield confirms the status of the speech materials, including recently arrived substitute pages for the document. Nixon concludes the call by instructing Butterfield to hold the drafts at his office so the President can review the full text in person.","topics":["Presidential speech","Speechwriting","White House operations","Alexander Butterfield","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:37:08.146Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speech","speechwriting","white-house-operations","alexander-butterfield","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-182.mp3","bytes":1049494,"durationSec":43.65,"bitrate":192328,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.611Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-182.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-182","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-182","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}