{"conversationCode":"637-017","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-017","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:26:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:22 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 637-017\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: 12:22 pm - 12:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Location of items\n\n       The President's schedule\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:22 pm.\n\n       [Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s] schedule\n\n       The President's schedule\n              -Airplane\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 12:26 pm.\n\n       The President's schedule\n              -Airplane\n                      -Talk\n\nButterfield left at 12:26 pm.","filename":["637-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:35","tapeEnd":"02:28:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"637-016","nextCode":"637-018","transcript":[{"start":2.48,"end":3.4,"text":"Hello, sir."},{"start":3.8,"end":4.38,"text":"Go on."},{"start":34.08,"end":36.6,"text":"I think it's too late, but oh, well."},{"start":37.18,"end":40.98,"text":"Great company."},{"start":42.76,"end":54.48,"text":"Well, he isn't ready yet, so will he."},{"start":57.85,"end":59.39,"text":"You tell him that, uh,"},{"start":64.71,"end":69.68,"text":"And we are flying."},{"start":69.84,"end":73.04,"text":"And we are out."},{"start":73.7,"end":75.15,"text":"We are out."},{"start":75.61,"end":77.85,"text":"We are out."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide Manolo Sanchez and deputy assistant Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s travel schedule. The discussion centered on the timing and readiness of flight arrangements for upcoming trips. The group briefly reviewed these travel plans before Butterfield and Sanchez departed the Oval Office.","topics":["Presidential travel","Logistics","White House operations","Scheduling","Manolo Sanchez","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:33:36.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","logistics","white-house-operations","scheduling","manolo-sanchez","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-017.mp3","bytes":791695,"durationSec":78.75,"bitrate":80429,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}