{"conversationCode":"012-083","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-083","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T19:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:14 PM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator;","description":"On October 22, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-083 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 012-083\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.\n\n     The President's telephone\n          -Linwood Holton\n               -Oval Office\n               -Dwight L. Chapin's office","filename":["012-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:09:19","tapeEnd":"03:09:54","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-082","nextCode":"012-084","transcript":[{"start":3.04,"end":6.14,"text":"Is this a different line from the line on the President's desk?"},{"start":7.17,"end":11.34,"text":"No, this is the main number, 500, that's supposed to be right on his desk."},{"start":11.46,"end":11.88,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":11.9,"end":12.86,"text":"Well, he wants the call."},{"start":12.94,"end":17.87,"text":"When Governor Holden's call comes through, he doesn't want it in his local office, so I'm going to... Let me check his project."},{"start":17.89,"end":23.67,"text":"Well, you know, Mr. Butterfield, I had him on the line, and Chapin's office told me that he couldn't take it, that they'd have to call back."},{"start":23.75,"end":26.33,"text":"No, Chapin's office, I'm ahead of them on this one, so..."},{"start":26.61,"end":29.58,"text":"But you might hold it, because I want to find a line that is not in his office."},{"start":29.6,"end":31.14,"text":"Of course, he can pick it up back here, can't he?"},{"start":31.8,"end":31.89,"text":"Yes."},{"start":31.91,"end":33.51,"text":"All right, well, just hold one more second."},{"start":33.69,"end":33.93,"text":"Yes."},{"start":33.95,"end":34.93,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield coordinates with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call from Governor Linwood Holton to President Nixon. Butterfield instructs the operator to bypass the President's Oval Office line to ensure the call is routed to a different location where the President can pick it up. This intervention aims to override previous handling instructions provided by Dwight Chapin’s office.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Linwood Holton","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:37:44.021Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","linwood-holton","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-083.mp3","bytes":838843,"durationSec":34.88,"bitrate":192388,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.054Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}