{"conversationCode":"031-029","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-029","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T23:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T23:09:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:08 PM","endDate":"9-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:08 pm to 7:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-029 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 31-29\n\nDate: October 9, 1972\nTime: 7:08 pm - 7:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n        Funeral arrangements for Prescott S. Bush\n            -Dorothy (Walker) Bush\n            -Military aide\n                 -Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["031-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"031-028","nextCode":"031-030","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.21,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.51,"end":2.65,"text":"I have Rose Mary for you."},{"start":2.91,"end":3.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.41,"end":3.99,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":4.01,"end":4.35,"text":"Rose?"},{"start":4.55,"end":4.85,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":15.93,"end":17.43,"text":"You took care of Mrs. Bush today?"},{"start":18.37,"end":24.12,"text":"Well, last night, I talked to the people, and they said that Butterfield always handles it, so I asked him to call."},{"start":24.98,"end":25.16,"text":"Fine."},{"start":25.18,"end":26.02,"text":"Oh, yes, fine."},{"start":26.04,"end":27.66,"text":"And he called the, uh..."},{"start":27.68,"end":27.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":28.76,"end":29.14,"text":"Uh..."},{"start":29.53,"end":30.51,"text":"So I'm sure he did."},{"start":30.61,"end":31.93,"text":"Oh, yes, yes."},{"start":32.17,"end":34.64,"text":"If we do it different ways, then we can do it better."},{"start":34.66,"end":36.44,"text":"Well, he has the military aids."},{"start":36.66,"end":37.1,"text":"That's right."},{"start":37.16,"end":39.41,"text":"He gets a hold of the general and they work it out."},{"start":39.99,"end":41.15,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":41.41,"end":42.04,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the logistical arrangements for the funeral of Prescott S. Bush. Woods confirms that she coordinated with Alexander Butterfield, who utilizes military aides to manage the formal procedures for such events. Nixon expresses satisfaction with this delegation and the established protocol for handling the memorial preparations.","topics":["Prescott S. Bush","Funeral arrangements","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House protocol","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:48:42.851Z"},"topicSlugs":["prescott-s-bush","funeral-arrangements","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-protocol","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-029.mp3","bytes":1114069,"durationSec":46.35,"bitrate":192301,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.098Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}