{"conversationCode":"368-034","tapeNumber":368,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-368-034","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-034 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. 368-34\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: 10:30 am - Unknown before 10:34 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        The President’s schedule\n            -George P. Shultz\n                -Tax policy\n                     -John D. Ehrlichman\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\n                     -Press conference\n                         -Timing\n                 -Photograph Session\n                     -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.","filename":["368-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"368-033","nextCode":"368-035","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":25.45,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":25.46,"end":25.66,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":25.68,"end":25.89,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":25.91,"end":26.11,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":26.64,"end":42,"text":"George said, oh, yeah, but I don't know."},{"start":42.02,"end":42.5,"text":"He said, he's very easy."},{"start":42.52,"end":43.38,"text":"He said, no, I can go on back and tell him."},{"start":43.4,"end":43.96,"text":"I said, well, I'll tell you."},{"start":43.98,"end":44.26,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":44.28,"end":44.56,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":44.58,"end":44.86,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":44.88,"end":45.16,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":45.18,"end":45.46,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":45.48,"end":45.77,"text":"I'll tell you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and administrative engagements. The discussion focused on arranging a meeting with George Shultz to review tax policy and the involvement of John Ehrlichman in these deliberations. They further addressed the logistics of a press conference and the scheduling of a photo session with official photographer Ollie Atkins.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Tax policy","George Shultz","John Ehrlichman","Press relations","Ollie Atkins"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:08:13.337Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","tax-policy","george-shultz","john-ehrlichman","press-relations","ollie-atkins"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"368-034.mp3","bytes":1167986,"durationSec":48.61,"bitrate":192208,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/368-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/368/conversation-368-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}