{"conversationCode":"386-003","tapeNumber":386,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-386-003","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T23:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T23:30:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:29 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:29 pm to 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 386-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 386-3\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: 6:29 pm - 6:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\f                                              -31-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                 Conversation No. 386-3 (cont’d)\n\n       Chair\n               -Placement\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Reception for California administration officials\n\n       Item for the President’s signature\n             -Desk\n             -Timing\n\nButterfield left at 6:30 pm.","filename":["386-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"386-002","nextCode":"386-004","transcript":[{"start":9.53,"end":38.09,"text":"All right."},{"start":44.33,"end":48.75,"text":"Good."},{"start":53.3,"end":53.75,"text":"Good."},{"start":53.87,"end":53.97,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics and the President's upcoming schedule. They discussed the arrangements for a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and a reception for California administration officials. Additionally, the pair reviewed the physical placement of furniture and finalized the timing for a document requiring the President’s signature.","topics":["White House schedule","H.R. Haldeman","Administrative logistics","Presidential desk","California reception"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:48:36.276Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-schedule","h-r-haldeman","administrative-logistics","presidential-desk","california-reception"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"386-003.mp3","bytes":1415598,"durationSec":58.85,"bitrate":192423,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:31.225Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/386-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/386-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/386/conversation-386-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}