{"conversationCode":"034-097","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-097","startDateTime":"1972-12-16T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-16T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"16-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-097 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-97\n\nDate: December 16, 1972\nTime: 12:11 pm - 12:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 382-2B]\n\n       White House social affairs\n            -Dinner, December 16, 1972\n                 -John B. Connally\n                 -Melvin R. Laird\n                 -Connally’s schedule","filename":["034-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"034-096","nextCode":"034-098","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.52,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.72,"end":3.65,"text":"Connolly not coming?"},{"start":4.39,"end":5.85,"text":"Connolly and Laird are not coming."},{"start":5.87,"end":7.3,"text":"What is Connolly's problem?"},{"start":7.32,"end":9.36,"text":"Is he away or right?"},{"start":9.38,"end":10.53,"text":"Frankly, I don't know what to do, sir."},{"start":10.85,"end":12.03,"text":"Yeah, I will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield to clarify why John B. Connally and Melvin R. Laird were absent from an upcoming White House dinner. Butterfield was unable to provide a specific reason for Connally’s absence or his current whereabouts. The brief exchange highlights the President's personal attention to guest list management and the logistical uncertainty surrounding the attendance of key political figures.","topics":["White House social events","John B. Connally","Melvin R. Laird","Guest list management","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:35:20.259Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","john-b-connally","melvin-r-laird","guest-list-management","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-097.mp3","bytes":440968,"durationSec":18.24,"bitrate":193407,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}