{"conversationCode":"651-003","tapeNumber":651,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-651-003","startDateTime":"1972-01-19T15:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-19T15:06:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:05 AM","endDate":"19-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:06 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 651-003 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. 651-3\n\nDate: January 19, 1972\nTime: 10:05 am - 10:06 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n               -Price’s schedule\n               -Draft of speech\n\f                       -Delivery to the President\n\nButterfield left at 10:06 am.","filename":["651-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:14:54","tapeEnd":"00:15:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"651-002","nextCode":"651-004","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":3.86,"text":"Mr. President, Ray Price indicated that you may wish to see him today."},{"start":3.88,"end":5.8,"text":"Is he going to be here?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield regarding the availability of speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. The discussion centered on coordinating a meeting to review a draft of an upcoming presidential speech. Butterfield facilitated the scheduling request to ensure the document would be delivered to the President promptly.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Raymond K. Price Jr.","Speechwriting","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:53:15.648Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","raymond-k-price-jr","speechwriting","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"651-003.mp3","bytes":639265,"durationSec":15.85,"bitrate":322698,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/651-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/651-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/651/conversation-651-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}