{"conversationCode":"024-008","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-08T20:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-008 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. 24-8\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: 4:14 pm - 4:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 336-21]\n\n     White House barber\n          -Appointment\n              -Time","filename":["024-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:33","tapeEnd":"00:08:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"024-007","nextCode":"024-009","transcript":[{"start":1.7,"end":2.38,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.4,"end":2.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.73,"end":4.15,"text":"Do you know whether the barber is here today?"},{"start":4.97,"end":8.73,"text":"The barber is, our barber is not here today normally, but we can get him."},{"start":8.75,"end":8.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":8.87,"end":9.13,"text":"Okay."},{"start":9.15,"end":9.99,"text":"Get him down at 530."},{"start":10.43,"end":10.84,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.86,"end":11.78,"text":"Will do, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted Alexander P. Butterfield to inquire about the availability of the White House barber. Upon learning that the barber was not currently on-site, Nixon directed Butterfield to arrange for the barber to report to the White House at 5:30 p.m. Butterfield acknowledged the request and committed to scheduling the appointment as instructed.","topics":["White House operations","Alexander P. Butterfield","personal services","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:47:53.844Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","alexander-p-butterfield","personal-services","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-008.mp3","bytes":306572,"durationSec":12.7,"bitrate":193058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}