{"conversationCode":"023-131","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-131","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:41:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"12:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 12:40 pm to 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-131 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. 23-131\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: 12:40-12:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 335-5]\n\n     J. Edgar Hoover\n           -Eulogy\n\f                -Draft\n                     -Delivery to the President\n                          -Time\n                          -Zosimo T. Monzon","filename":["023-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"023-130","nextCode":"023-132","transcript":[{"start":1.38,"end":1.88,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.02,"end":2.46,"text":"Mr. Butterfield."},{"start":2.64,"end":3.06,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.18,"end":6.43,"text":"Do you have that draft of the eulogy yet?"},{"start":7.19,"end":8.29,"text":"No, I do not have it yet."},{"start":8.87,"end":11.18,"text":"I'll get right on it, find out where it is, and get it to you."},{"start":11.26,"end":11.94,"text":"It's expected."},{"start":12.02,"end":13.44,"text":"I think I told them 1 o'clock."},{"start":13.6,"end":13.94,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.16,"end":18.81,"text":"But just have it delivered over here and left outside."},{"start":18.85,"end":20.27,"text":"I don't want to talk to them about it."},{"start":20.29,"end":21.63,"text":"I want to read it first and study it."},{"start":21.95,"end":22.25,"text":"Okay."},{"start":22.39,"end":24.25,"text":"Just happen to leave it with Munson."},{"start":24.27,"end":24.59,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":25.08,"end":25.46,"text":"I'll do it."},{"start":25.8,"end":25.94,"text":"Mm-hmm."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon followed up with Alexander P. Butterfield regarding the status of the draft eulogy for the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Nixon instructed Butterfield to have the document delivered and left for him to review privately, specifying that he wanted to study it before any further discussion. Butterfield confirmed he would expedite the delivery of the draft via Zosimo T. Monzon by the 1 o'clock deadline.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","Eulogy","Funeral arrangements","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:43:39.274Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","eulogy","funeral-arrangements","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-131.mp3","bytes":662673,"durationSec":27.55,"bitrate":192424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}