{"conversationCode":"662-001","tapeNumber":662,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-662-001","startDateTime":"1972-02-01T14:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-01T14:35:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:33 AM","endDate":"1-Feb-1972","endTime":"9:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On February 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 662-001 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. 662-1\n\nDate: February 1, 1972\nTime: 9:33 am - 9:35 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Missing plaque\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:35 am.","filename":["662-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:37","tapeEnd":"00:07:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"661-015","nextCode":"662-002","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":1.62,"text":"They screwed something up here."},{"start":1.72,"end":3.12,"text":"Where's the plaque for this screen?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to address the unexplained absence of a plaque from a screen in the room. The President expressed frustration regarding the missing item, prompting a brief inquiry into its location. The exchange concluded without a definitive resolution regarding the plaque's whereabouts.","topics":["Oval Office","White House maintenance","Alexander P. Butterfield","Richard M. Nixon","administrative oversight"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:10:23.066Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","white-house-maintenance","alexander-p-butterfield","richard-m-nixon","administrative-oversight"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"662-001.mp3","bytes":719273,"durationSec":17.86,"bitrate":322100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/662-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/662-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/662/conversation-662-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}