{"conversationCode":"023-135","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-135","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T18:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T18:02:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"2:01 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"2:02 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 2:01 pm to 2:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-135 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. 23-135\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: 2:01-2:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 335-10]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Richard G. Kleindienst\n               -Photograph opportunity\n               -Location","filename":["023-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"023-134","nextCode":"023-136","transcript":[{"start":2.16,"end":10.99,"text":"That thing with Clingbeast is not a photo opportunity, is it?"},{"start":11.53,"end":14.65,"text":"No, in fact, no one even knows about it, sir, except... Fine."},{"start":14.7,"end":16.88,"text":"Then would you have them come here to the EOB?"},{"start":16.98,"end":18.1,"text":"It'll save me some time."},{"start":18.26,"end":18.42,"text":"Good."},{"start":18.44,"end":20.18,"text":"Well, we've already alerted them to do that."},{"start":20.6,"end":21.06,"text":"Oh, good."},{"start":21.2,"end":21.52,"text":"All right."},{"start":21.79,"end":23.71,"text":"I'll see them here at 245."},{"start":23.73,"end":24.03,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":24.05,"end":24.47,"text":"Hello."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the logistics for a private meeting with Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. They agree to relocate the session from the White House to the Executive Office Building to improve the President’s time management. Butterfield confirms that the encounter will remain unpublicized and excludes a photograph opportunity.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","White House scheduling","Executive Office Building","Logistics","Presidential agenda"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:44:01.480Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","white-house-scheduling","executive-office-building","logistics","presidential-agenda"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-135.mp3","bytes":630072,"durationSec":26.19,"bitrate":192456,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}