{"conversationCode":"656-014","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-014","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:09 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-014 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. 656-14\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s schedule\n          -Board of trustees meeting\n\nButterfield left at 12:12 pm.","filename":["656-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:17:05","tapeEnd":"02:18:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"656-013","nextCode":"656-015","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":3.21,"text":"All those in favor of the trustee's meeting, hand in sign."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to briefly review the scheduling logistics for H.R. Haldeman’s upcoming commitments. The discussion focused specifically on the timing and arrangements for a board of trustees meeting. The meeting concluded quickly after these scheduling details were addressed.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Scheduling","Board of trustees","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:59:20.636Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","scheduling","board-of-trustees","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-014.mp3","bytes":233844,"durationSec":5.7,"bitrate":328395,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}