{"conversationCode":"650-010","tapeNumber":650,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-650-010","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T17:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T17:33:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:31 PM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-010 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. 650-10\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Phone call from Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield\n\nButterfield left at 12:33 pm.","filename":["650-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:56:09","tapeEnd":"02:56:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"650-009","nextCode":"650-011","transcript":[{"start":0.29,"end":0.37,"text":"Aye."},{"start":1.16,"end":4.75,"text":"Sir, someone's gotten used to it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss a phone call from Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield. The brief exchange served as a situational update regarding the legislative leadership's communication with the White House. No specific policy decisions were finalized during this short interaction.","topics":["Hugh Scott","Mike Mansfield","Congressional Relations","White House Communications","Legislative Leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:52:29.687Z"},"topicSlugs":["hugh-scott","mike-mansfield","congressional-relations","white-house-communications","legislative-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"650-010.mp3","bytes":458497,"durationSec":11.34,"bitrate":323537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/650-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/650/conversation-650-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}