{"conversationCode":"012-120","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-120","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T21:22:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-120 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. 012-120\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 304-17A]\n\n     Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["012-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:10:38","tapeEnd":"05:10:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-119","nextCode":"012-121","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":3.8,"text":"Butterfield."},{"start":4.16,"end":5.5,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to reach the Deputy Assistant to the President. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this operator-assisted request.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Logistics","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:41:03.709Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","logistics","communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-120.mp3","bytes":142314,"durationSec":5.86,"bitrate":194183,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.059Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}