{"conversationCode":"005-088","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-088","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:44:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:38 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-088 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. 5-88\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:38 pm and 6:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["005-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:00","tapeEnd":"02:42:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-087","nextCode":"005-089","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":3.15,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.75,"end":5.24,"text":"Would you get Mr. Butterfield, please?"},{"start":5.26,"end":6.14,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to request a direct connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. The interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication with a key administrative staffer. No substantive policy matters or broader topics were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Telecommunications","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:58:07.930Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","telecommunications","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-088.mp3","bytes":190588,"durationSec":7.86,"bitrate":193903,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}