{"conversationCode":"022-098","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-098","startDateTime":"1972-04-10T18:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-10T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:59 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-098 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. 22-98\n\nDate: April 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-26]\n\n     Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["022-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:56:44","tapeEnd":"03:57:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-097","nextCode":"022-099","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.34,"text":"Butterfield please."},{"start":4.36,"end":5.13,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request to the White House operator to be connected with Alexander P. Butterfield. This exchange serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct communication line between the President and his Deputy Assistant. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this short connection attempt.","topics":["Alexander Butterfield","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:26:00.332Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-butterfield","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-098.mp3","bytes":211277,"durationSec":8.73,"bitrate":193588,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}