{"conversationCode":"371-004","tapeNumber":371,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-371-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:14:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:11 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:11 am to 9:14 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-004 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. 371-4\n\nDate: October 20, 1972\nTime: 9:11 am - 9:14 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n         The President's recent conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nButterfield left at 9:14 am.","filename":["371-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"371-003","nextCode":"371-005","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":12.74,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the content and implications of a recent conversation between the President and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief three-minute meeting served as a follow-up to coordinate staff communications and internal reporting. No specific directives were recorded during this short encounter, though it highlights the ongoing reliance on key aides to facilitate presidential briefings.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Staff coordination","White House administration","Internal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:14:40.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","staff-coordination","white-house-administration","internal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"371-004.mp3","bytes":375535,"durationSec":15.59,"bitrate":192746,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/371-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/371/conversation-371-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}