{"conversationCode":"356-002","tapeNumber":356,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-356-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-18T22:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-18T22:57:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1972","startTime":"6:56 PM","endDate":"18-Sep-1972","endTime":"6:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:56 pm to 6:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 356-2\n\nDate: September 18, 1972\nTime: 6:56 pm - 6:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n              The President’s schedule\n                  -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\nButterfield left at 6:57 pm.","filename":["356-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"356-001","nextCode":"356-003","transcript":[{"start":21.02,"end":43.34,"text":"All right."},{"start":51.38,"end":52.82,"text":"All right, all right, let it go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss adjustments to the President's schedule. The conversation was administrative in nature, focusing on managing the President's appointments as prepared by Raymond K. Price, Jr. The exchange concluded quickly without further elaboration on the specific content of the scheduling changes.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","Alexander P. Butterfield","Raymond K. Price Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:45:48.722Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","alexander-p-butterfield","raymond-k-price-jr"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"356-002.mp3","bytes":1371741,"durationSec":57.08,"bitrate":192255,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:25.868Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/356-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/356-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/356/conversation-356-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}