{"conversationCode":"368-017","tapeNumber":368,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-368-017","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T12:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T12:27:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:25 AM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 8:27 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-017 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. 368-17\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: 8:25 am - 8:27 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n         The President's schedule\n             -Camp David\n                  -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                  -Rose Mary Woods, Marjorie P. Acker\n                  -Timing\n                      -Mode of transportation\n             -Radio speech\n                  -Haldeman\n             -Veteran’s Day message\n                  -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n             -Staff meeting\n                  -Haldeman\n                      -The President’s instructions\n\nButterfield left at 8:27 am.","filename":["368-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"368-016","nextCode":"368-018","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":25.55,"text":"Mr. President, all those aeronauts that get lined up, if you don't want those, they're lined up there."},{"start":25.57,"end":26.51,"text":"I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,"},{"start":31.28,"end":58.02,"text":"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":60.48,"end":80.53,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize logistical arrangements for an upcoming trip to Camp David. The discussion focused on coordinating the schedules of key staff, including H.R. Haldeman and Rose Mary Woods, as well as establishing the necessary mode of transportation. Additionally, they reviewed plans for an upcoming radio speech and a Veteran’s Day message to be drafted by speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential Scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","White House Staff","Public Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:06:36.564Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","white-house-staff","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":83,"audioFiles":[{"file":"368-017.mp3","bytes":2001187,"durationSec":83.32,"bitrate":192144,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:27.919Z","transcriptGapSeconds":72,"transcriptGapShare":0.87,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/368-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/368/conversation-368-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}