{"conversationCode":"021-129","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":129,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-129","startDateTime":"1972-03-22T15:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-22T15:11:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1972","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"22-Mar-1972","endTime":"10:11 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-129 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 21-129\n\nDate: March 22, 1972\nTime: 10:10 am - 10:11 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 324-14A]\n\n     Briefing book delivery\n           -Manolo Sanchez\n           -Previous briefing book","filename":["021a.mp3","021c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:54:26","tapeEnd":"04:54:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"021-128","nextCode":"021-130","tapeTranscriptFile":"021a.mp3,021c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":10673.78,"end":10676.88,"text":"Mr. President, I'm about to give Manolo this briefing book."},{"start":10676.92,"end":10682.17,"text":"Do you want the old one, too, that I've been holding for you, that you've written in, dated March 7th and 8th, as well?"},{"start":10682.59,"end":10684.33,"text":"Yes, I'll send it over to you."},{"start":10684.35,"end":10684.51,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10687.11,"end":10687.33,"text":"Please?"},{"start":10688.17,"end":10688.79,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":10689.03,"end":10689.05,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":10673.045714,"end":10689.045714,"startMethod":"tape_time+findingaid","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the secure exchange of briefing materials, including a current briefing book and a previous version containing Nixon's handwritten notes. Butterfield confirms he will have Manolo Sanchez deliver these documents to the President immediately. The brief exchange concludes with Butterfield arranging for the materials to be routed through an assistant.","topics":["Briefing books","Manolo Sanchez","White House logistics","Document management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:16:35.482Z"},"topicSlugs":["briefing-books","manolo-sanchez","white-house-logistics","document-management"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021a.mp3","bytes":117251663,"durationSec":7400.66,"bitrate":126747,"missing":false},{"file":"021c.mp3","bytes":74569922,"durationSec":4671.26,"bitrate":127708,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-129","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-129","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}