{"conversationCode":"188-003","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-003","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 188-003\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n          -Location\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Briefing book\n                 -Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Papers\n                 -\"For your information\" [FYI]\n           -The President’s view\n           -Action memoranda\n           -Wires and columns for reading\n\n     John N. Mitchell\n          -Black lung bill\n               -Delay\n\n     Two unidentified items\n         -Location\n\n     A tape\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Departure\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.","filename":["188-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:14:10","tapeEnd":"00:18:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"188-002","nextCode":"188-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":14.06,"text":"is"},{"start":28.99,"end":33.27,"text":"I guess there's more there's some action in there."},{"start":33.84,"end":35.61,"text":"Please be ready to go."},{"start":94.5,"end":95.31,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":139.64,"end":142.02,"text":"Wires and colors."},{"start":173.96,"end":189.67,"text":"How about that black one, Bill?"},{"start":191.17,"end":191.43,"text":"Still hasn't."},{"start":191.45,"end":198.48,"text":"We can answer it again."},{"start":242.51,"end":249.52,"text":"See how close that fella really was."},{"start":249.54,"end":257.89,"text":"I've got the tape, which I'm going to return right now in the shower."},{"start":257.91,"end":258.09,"text":"Oh, good."},{"start":258.11,"end":258.35,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":258.37,"end":263.52,"text":"It's confidential, and if they have to do it out there, it can't be done."},{"start":263.54,"end":263.94,"text":"Is that good?"},{"start":263.96,"end":264.56,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":264.64,"end":271.79,"text":"Oh, we'll leave tomorrow at, uh... Sunday night?"},{"start":274.03,"end":274.64,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield at Camp David to coordinate his immediate schedule and review administrative documentation. The discussion addressed the logistics of incoming briefing materials, including Kissinger’s reports and news wires, while also covering the strategic delay of the black lung bill involving John Mitchell. The two finalized the President’s upcoming departure arrangements and handled a confidential tape recording.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Alexander Butterfield","Black lung bill","John Mitchell","White House administrative operations","Henry Kissinger"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:45:46.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","alexander-butterfield","black-lung-bill","john-mitchell","white-house-administrative-operations","henry-kissinger"],"audioDurationSec":275,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-003.mp3","bytes":10990028,"durationSec":274.6,"bitrate":320170,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:00.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}