{"conversationCode":"012-121","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-121","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 012-121 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. 012-121\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 304-17B]\n\n     Alexander P. Butterfield's location","filename":["012-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:10:44","tapeEnd":"05:10:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-120","nextCode":"012-122","transcript":[{"start":1.45,"end":1.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.97,"end":7.49,"text":"Mr. President, we're trying to reach Mr. Butterfield on page boy, and we'll call you as soon as we get him."},{"start":7.51,"end":10.82,"text":"Oh, no, that's right."},{"start":11.16,"end":11.58,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":11.62,"end":12.04,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":12.18,"end":12.56,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.86,"end":13.9,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding an attempt to locate Alexander P. Butterfield via page. Upon receiving an update on the search efforts, the President decided to cancel the request and instructed the operator to discontinue the call. No further action was taken regarding the contact.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Communication","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:41:08.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","communication","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-121.mp3","bytes":361115,"durationSec":14.99,"bitrate":192724,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/012/conversation-012-121","catalogNaId":417191743,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191743","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}