{"conversationCode":"032-144","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":144,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-144","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T16:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T16:29:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"11:28 AM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 11:28 am to 11:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-144 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. 032-144\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: 11:28 am - 11:29 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 376-30]\n\n         The President's meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n             -Haldeman's location","filename":["032-144.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"032-143","nextCode":"032-145","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.67,"end":3.06,"text":"Mr. Butterfield?"},{"start":3.08,"end":3.32,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.26,"end":4.82,"text":"President?"},{"start":4.84,"end":5.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.62,"end":6.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.06,"end":7.23,"text":"You rang for Bob."},{"start":7.25,"end":10.94,"text":"I'm told that he is out of the building for about an hour and a half, about 1 o'clock."},{"start":11.84,"end":12.52,"text":"Oh, no problem."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted Alexander P. Butterfield to locate H.R. Haldeman for a scheduled meeting. Butterfield informed the President that Haldeman was away from the White House and expected to return around 1:00 p.m. Nixon acknowledged the report and indicated there was no issue with the delay.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House scheduling","Alexander P. Butterfield","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:13:19.047Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-scheduling","alexander-p-butterfield","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-144.mp3","bytes":443244,"durationSec":18.41,"bitrate":192575,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.412Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-144.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-144","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-144","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}