{"conversationCode":"652-009","tapeNumber":652,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-652-009","startDateTime":"1972-01-20T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-20T19:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"20-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 652-009 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. 652-9\n\nDate: January 20, 1972\nTime: 2:30 pm - 2:32 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       Items for the President’s signature\n             -Forthcoming Cabinet meeting\n\nButterfield left at 2:32 pm.","filename":["652-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:12","tapeEnd":"01:07:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"652-008","nextCode":"652-010","transcript":[{"start":1.12,"end":3.08,"text":"Do you have any signature that you want to go look at now?"},{"start":3.1,"end":3.42,"text":"I sure do."},{"start":3.56,"end":4.3,"text":"Oh, that's fine."},{"start":4.38,"end":6.75,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":7,"end":7.85,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":9.61,"end":10.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative paperwork requiring presidential signature. The discussion focused on documents prepared in anticipation of a forthcoming Cabinet meeting. The brief encounter concluded after the President completed the necessary tasks.","topics":["Cabinet meeting","Presidential signature","White House administration","Executive workflow"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:54:59.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-meeting","presidential-signature","white-house-administration","executive-workflow"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"652-009.mp3","bytes":384372,"durationSec":38.03,"bitrate":80859,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/652-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/652-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/652/conversation-652-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}