{"conversationCode":"660-009","tapeNumber":660,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-660-009","startDateTime":"1972-01-29T17:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-29T17:10:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:10 PM","endDate":"29-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-009 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. 660-009\n\nDate: January 29, 1972\nTime: 12:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Instructions\n           -Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Letters\n\nButterfield left at 12:10 pm.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["660-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:38:43","tapeEnd":"03:39:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"660-008","nextCode":"660-010","transcript":[{"start":18.48,"end":18.64,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative matters regarding White House communications. The discussion centered on handling specific letters and providing instructions related to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. No further details were recorded, and Butterfield departed shortly after the meeting commenced.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Henry A. Kissinger","White House administration","Correspondence","Presidential instructions"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:07:44.677Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-administration","correspondence","presidential-instructions"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"660-009.mp3","bytes":750024,"durationSec":18.62,"bitrate":322289,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:14.891Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/660-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/660/conversation-660-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}