{"conversationCode":"022-121","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-121","startDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:27 pm to 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-121 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. 22-121\n\nDate: April 12, 1972\nTime: 3:27 pm - 3:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-43]\n\n     The President’s meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n          -Haig’s schedule\n          -Helicopter for return trip\n\n     Trip to Camp David\n           -Departure time\n           -John N. Mitchell\n           -Rose Mary Woods\n\n           -Nellie L. Yates\n           -Beverly [Kaye?]\n\nThe conversation was cut off at 3:28 pm.","filename":["022-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:40:03","tapeEnd":"04:40:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"022-120","nextCode":"022-122","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":2.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.01,"end":4.01,"text":"Mr. President, Alex Butterfield."},{"start":4.43,"end":4.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.31,"end":5.59,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":6.43,"end":11.66,"text":"I'm having Haig at 432 so I can talk to him on the way up there and back."},{"start":11.68,"end":12.7,"text":"He's coming back tonight."},{"start":13.16,"end":13.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":13.52,"end":16.19,"text":"So I have the helicopter standby to bring him back after I may."},{"start":16.87,"end":17.17,"text":"Okay."},{"start":17.21,"end":18.05,"text":"He'll just go up with you?"},{"start":18.17,"end":22,"text":"He'll go up and we'll have a talk after we're up there and then..."},{"start":22.02,"end":22.12,"text":"Okay."},{"start":22.14,"end":22.8,"text":"And then..."},{"start":23.72,"end":24.32,"text":"It'll be that."},{"start":24.98,"end":25.89,"text":"I didn't have your checkups."},{"start":25.91,"end":26.83,"text":"Are we leaving about 4.30?"},{"start":26.85,"end":29.67,"text":"Well, we're trying, yes, if I get through with Mitchell."},{"start":30.39,"end":30.71,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":30.73,"end":31.89,"text":"4.30 is the approximate time."},{"start":32.07,"end":32.37,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":32.39,"end":33.31,"text":"Could I add another thing?"},{"start":33.35,"end":40.9,"text":"Would you talk to, offer to Rose the first opportunity to, refusal to go there if she wants to, Aunt David, but she doesn't have to."},{"start":40.97,"end":43.41,"text":"She may want to stay here and fix her clothes."},{"start":43.77,"end":45.05,"text":"No problem."},{"start":45.07,"end":45.27,"text":"All right."},{"start":45.41,"end":46.15,"text":"Anybody can go."},{"start":46.55,"end":49.55,"text":"Yates is fine, or the little girl with her name, Beverly, is fine."},{"start":49.62,"end":51,"text":"All right, well, they've already got..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the logistics for the President's upcoming trip to Camp David, specifically scheduling a meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to occur during the transit. The President sets an approximate departure time of 4:30 pm, contingent on his meeting with John N. Mitchell. Additionally, Nixon provides instructions regarding travel arrangements for staff, including Rose Mary Woods and others, ensuring they have the option to stay behind if preferred.","topics":["Camp David","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Logistics","John N. Mitchell","Travel planning","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:28:05.767Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","alexander-m-haig-jr","logistics","john-n-mitchell","travel-planning","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-121.mp3","bytes":1227545,"durationSec":51.09,"bitrate":192216,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}