{"conversationCode":"373-022","tapeNumber":373,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-373-022","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T20:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:04 PM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 373-022 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. 373-22\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:04 pm and 4:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n        The President’s schedule\n            -Delivery of papers to Alexander P. Butterfield\n            -The President’s forthcoming meeting\n            -The President’s telephone calls\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:16 pm.","filename":["373-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"373-021","nextCode":"373-023","transcript":[{"start":1.72,"end":8.34,"text":"Oh, I just had some papers over at Butterfield."},{"start":8.36,"end":9.82,"text":"When these people arrive, can you come in and let me know how many calls?"},{"start":9.84,"end":10.46,"text":"I don't want to be interrupted."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate administrative tasks and manage his immediate schedule. The discussion focused on the delivery of documents to Alexander P. Butterfield and the handling of incoming telephone calls. Nixon explicitly instructed the staffer to notify him regarding the arrival of visitors while ensuring that his subsequent meetings would not be interrupted by further calls.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Alexander P. Butterfield","Administrative coordination","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:22:30.551Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","alexander-p-butterfield","administrative-coordination","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"373-022.mp3","bytes":350457,"durationSec":14.55,"bitrate":192735,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/373-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/373-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/373/conversation-373-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}