{"conversationCode":"372-021","tapeNumber":372,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-372-021","startDateTime":"1972-10-25T15:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-25T15:18:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:04 AM","endDate":"25-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 25, 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 11:04 am and 11:18 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 372-021 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. 372-21\n\nDate: October 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:04 am and 11:18 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Signature\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:18 am.","filename":["372-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"372-020","nextCode":"372-022","transcript":[{"start":6.53,"end":9.3,"text":"Just leave it in there, and either of you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct routine administrative business regarding the President’s daily schedule. During the brief interaction, the two discussed the processing of documents requiring the President’s signature. The meeting concluded with Nixon instructing Butterfield to leave specific materials for his further review and action.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Executive correspondence","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:18:38.929Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","executive-correspondence","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"372-021.mp3","bytes":438856,"durationSec":18.23,"bitrate":192621,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/372-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/372-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/372/conversation-372-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}