{"conversationCode":"022-120","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-120","startDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-120 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. 22-120\n\nDate: April 12, 1972\nTime: 3:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-42]\n\n     Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["022-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:39:54","tapeEnd":"04:40:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-119","nextCode":"022-121","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":4.89,"text":"Alex, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Alexander P. Butterfield. The call serves as a brief logistical communication intended to facilitate direct contact between the President and his Deputy Assistant. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this short connection process.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:28:00.218Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-120.mp3","bytes":194977,"durationSec":8.07,"bitrate":193285,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}