{"conversationCode":"650-003","tapeNumber":650,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-650-003","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T15:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T15:09:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:07 AM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:09 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-003 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. 650-3\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: 10:07 am - 10:09 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     John B. Connally's memorandum\n          -Request\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n                     -National Security Council [NSC] staff\n               -Peter G. Peterson [?]\n\nButterfield left at 10:09 am.","filename":["650-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:05","tapeEnd":"00:33:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"650-002","nextCode":"650-004","transcript":[{"start":2.71,"end":2.97,"text":"Right."},{"start":3.09,"end":3.93,"text":"Right."},{"start":4.03,"end":4.21,"text":"Right."},{"start":4.27,"end":4.53,"text":"Right."},{"start":4.55,"end":4.93,"text":"Right."},{"start":12.37,"end":12.85,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss administrative matters regarding a memorandum authored by John B. Connally. The discussion focused on personnel requests involving Henry A. Kissinger, the National Security Council staff, and potentially Peter G. Peterson. The brief exchange served to coordinate internal executive staffing and organizational oversight.","topics":["John B. Connally","Henry A. Kissinger","National Security Council","Peter G. Peterson","White House personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:51:51.075Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","henry-kissinger","national-security-council","peter-g-peterson","white-house-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"650-003.mp3","bytes":1406220,"durationSec":35.02,"bitrate":321282,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/650-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/650/conversation-650-003","catalogNaId":417180421,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180421","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}