{"conversationCode":"317-010","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-010","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:17:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-010 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. 317-010\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: 3:15 pm - 3:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n      Bills for the President's signature\n\n      Robert Anderson\n           -Background\n           -Ambassadorship to Dahomey\n\nButterfield left at 3:17 pm.","filename":["317-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:18:24","tapeEnd":"01:20:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"317-009","nextCode":"317-011","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":21.38,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":22.82,"end":26.29,"text":"Where's the Anderson back?"},{"start":26.31,"end":26.75,"text":"Oh, it's the Anderson."},{"start":30.86,"end":38.21,"text":"Bob Anderson of the District Department, Foreign Service Officer, plan to be invited to home."},{"start":38.23,"end":38.41,"text":"To where?"},{"start":38.43,"end":38.59,"text":"To home."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the pending appointment of Robert Anderson, a Foreign Service officer, to an ambassadorship in Dahomey. The primary objective was to review the necessary background documentation and prepare the paperwork for the President's signature. The brief exchange focused on verifying Anderson's credentials and ensuring the nomination process was moving forward.","topics":["Robert Anderson","Ambassadorship","Dahomey","Diplomatic appointments","Foreign Service","Executive paperwork"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:45:07.627Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-anderson","ambassadorship","dahomey","diplomatic-appointments","foreign-service","executive-paperwork"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-010.mp3","bytes":1548346,"durationSec":38.56,"bitrate":321238,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:19.889Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}