{"conversationCode":"643-006","tapeNumber":643,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-643-006","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T19:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T19:17:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:10 PM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 643-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 643-6\n\fDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 2:17 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown woman.\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 2:10 pm.\n\n     Mistake in requesting Butterfield\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:17 pm.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Charles W. Colson\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:17 pm.","filename":["643-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:04","tapeEnd":"00:17:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"643-005","nextCode":"643-007","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":2.34,"text":"Did you mean the cluster?"},{"start":2.36,"end":2.76,"text":"Ah."},{"start":2.88,"end":6.4,"text":"Alex, I thought you were at the stage."},{"start":6.94,"end":7.42,"text":"Sorry."},{"start":7.44,"end":10.04,"text":"I was listening to that together with my computer."},{"start":10.06,"end":11.38,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":13.81,"end":29.59,"text":"Yeah, get a cool shot of that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual and Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the President's upcoming schedule and administrative arrangements. The meeting was characterized by confusion regarding the necessity of Butterfield’s presence, resulting in a brief interaction before he departed. Discussions briefly touched upon Charles W. Colson’s role in the scheduling process.","topics":["White House scheduling","Alexander P. Butterfield","Charles W. Colson","Presidential operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:44:45.511Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","alexander-p-butterfield","charles-w-colson","presidential-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"643-006.mp3","bytes":334082,"durationSec":32.97,"bitrate":81061,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/643-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/643-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/643/conversation-643-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}