{"conversationCode":"023-134","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":134,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-134","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T18:01:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"2:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-134 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. 23-134\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 and 2:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f[See also Conversation No. 335-9]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["023-134.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-133","nextCode":"023-135","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":0.9,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":0.92,"end":2.06,"text":"Alex Butterfield, please."},{"start":2.16,"end":2.87,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to White House operator services to facilitate a direct line to Alexander P. Butterfield. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request to establish communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or further developments occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Staff communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:43:55.952Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","staff-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-134.mp3","bytes":86516,"durationSec":3.54,"bitrate":195783,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-134.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-134","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-134","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}