{"conversationCode":"003-193","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":193,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-193","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:25:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"2:25 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"2:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-193 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. 003-193\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 2:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-008]\n\n     H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location\n\n     Call to Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-193.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:40:40","tapeEnd":"04:40:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-192","nextCode":"003-194","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":2.23,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.4,"end":6.51,"text":"Mr. President, I found Mr. Haldeman is over at Sidwell Friends School to a parent-teacher."},{"start":6.53,"end":7.54,"text":"No, no, no, let it go."},{"start":7.7,"end":8.88,"text":"Around 4.30 he'll be back?"},{"start":8.98,"end":10.32,"text":"No, no, no problem."},{"start":10.34,"end":12.82,"text":"I'll get me Mr. Hello?"},{"start":12.85,"end":14.37,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":14.39,"end":15.59,"text":"Give me Mr. Butterfield, please."},{"start":15.61,"end":16.99,"text":"Fine, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to locate his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, who was attending a school event. Upon learning of Haldeman's unavailability, the President opted not to pursue contact and instead instructed the operator to connect him with Alexander Butterfield. This brief exchange reflects the President's administrative process for managing staff communications during the workday.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Alexander Butterfield","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:07.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","alexander-butterfield","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-193.mp3","bytes":436975,"durationSec":18.15,"bitrate":192658,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.076Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.612Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-193.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-193","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-193","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}