{"conversationCode":"003-194","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":194,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-194","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:27:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"2:26 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"2:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-194 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. 003-194\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 2:26 pm - 2:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-009]\n\n     John B. Connally\n\n     Health\n          -Possible trip to Camp David\n               -Call from Butterfield\n               -Logistics","filename":["003-194.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:40:58","tapeEnd":"04:41:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"003-193","nextCode":"003-195","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":1.33,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.45,"end":1.83,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.15,"end":14.66,"text":"I don't know whether he can do this, but I know Connolly has a very bad and tell him that I would strongly urge the day that he go up to Camp David with his wife and that it's all tomorrow as he can."},{"start":15.35,"end":16.2,"text":"Okay, sir, fine."},{"start":16.21,"end":23.09,"text":"Now, also offer the helicopter schedule tomorrow, but if the schedule's late enough, you could go up and still cut it off."},{"start":23.13,"end":24.11,"text":"Okay, it's only 2.25."},{"start":24.15,"end":25.42,"text":"The late third is open for him."},{"start":25.44,"end":26.72,"text":"All right, sir, I'll do it."},{"start":27.22,"end":29.18,"text":"You don't need to report to me, but just offer it to him."},{"start":29.2,"end":29.77,"text":"I certainly will."},{"start":30.11,"end":30.23,"text":"Fine."},{"start":30.25,"end":31.27,"text":"Right away, yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Alexander P. Butterfield to encourage Treasury Secretary John B. Connally to visit Camp David for rest due to concerns regarding Connally's health. Butterfield was directed to facilitate the logistics of the trip, including coordinating helicopter transportation for the following day. Nixon specified that while the offer should be extended, no further report back to him was required.","topics":["John B. Connally","Camp David","Presidential health concerns","Logistics","Helicopter transportation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:12.801Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","camp-david","presidential-health-concerns","logistics","helicopter-transportation"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-194.mp3","bytes":766118,"durationSec":31.85,"bitrate":192415,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.612Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-194.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-194","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-194","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}