{"conversationCode":"316-010","tapeNumber":316,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-316-010","startDateTime":"1972-01-25T21:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-25T21:36:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:35 PM","endDate":"25-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 316-010 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 316-10\n\nDate: January 25, 1972\nTime: 4:35 pm - 4:36 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's forthcoming Vietnam speech\n          -Talking points\n\n     Memorandum for William P. Rogers\n        -John B. Connally [?]\n\n     Menu\n\nButterfield left at 4:36 pm.","filename":["316-010-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:05:11","tapeEnd":"02:05:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"316-009","nextCode":"316-011","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield briefly discussed talking points for Nixon's upcoming Vietnam speech. Nixon also asked Butterfield to check on who attended a three o'clock briefing and to relay information regarding a memorandum for William P. Rogers to John Connally. The conversation concluded with Nixon inquiring about the evening's menu.","topics":["Vietnam speech","Talking points","William P. Rogers","John Connally","Menu","Briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:58:03.144Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-speech","talking-points","william-p-rogers","john-b-connally","menu","briefing"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"316-010-splice.mp3","bytes":750645,"durationSec":46.99,"bitrate":127784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:41.643Z","originalFilename":["316a.mp3","316b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["316b.mp3"],"cutStart":7509.5,"cutEnd":7556.5,"adjustedStart":7509.5,"adjustedEnd":7556.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:41.643Z"},"transcript":[{"start":7513.5,"end":7514.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7514.5,"end":7523.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Alex, I just made these notes—you might want to throw—they might help [unintelligible] write talking points. Also, who had the meeting at three o'clock on this?"},{"start":7523.5,"end":7525.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"Uh, at three o'clock?"},{"start":7525.5,"end":7527.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Briefing [unintelligible]. Who did he see?"},{"start":7527.5,"end":7529.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"Let me see what the schedule was, sir."},{"start":7529.5,"end":7532.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Check [unintelligible] Rogers. Also, give that to John Connally."},{"start":7532.5,"end":7533.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7533.5,"end":7540.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"The—the menu for tonight, what is it?"},{"start":7540.5,"end":7542.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"I don't know, but I'll find out."},{"start":7542.5,"end":7544.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"[unintelligible] and check with me. Okay."},{"start":7544.5,"end":7545.5,"speaker":"Butterfield","text":"Yes, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7511,"end":7555,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:44:59.188Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/316-010-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/316-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/316/conversation-316-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}