{"conversationCode":"662-002","tapeNumber":662,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-662-002","startDateTime":"1972-02-01T14:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-01T14:45:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:39 AM","endDate":"1-Feb-1972","endTime":"9:45 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 9:39 am to 9:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 662-002 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. 662-002\n\nDate: February 1, 1972\nTime: 9:39 am - 9:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Missing plaque\n          -Replacement\n          -Certificate\n                -University of Nebraska football team\n                      -Polls\n\n     William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n          -Timing\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman meeting\n          -Timing\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:45 am.","filename":["662-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:05","tapeEnd":"00:23:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"662-001","nextCode":"662-003","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.77,"text":"I guess there was not a time to act on this."},{"start":3.83,"end":5.02,"text":"Well, things have to be done."},{"start":5.04,"end":6.36,"text":"Now, what can they do?"},{"start":6.38,"end":8.06,"text":"You've got this guy that's got the drawing things."},{"start":8.52,"end":10.32,"text":"You've got a couple of hours."},{"start":10.34,"end":14.71,"text":"You can't sit down right away and just make up a mock-up."},{"start":14.72,"end":17.63,"text":"When you want to make up a mock-up, just make that up to Timmy."},{"start":18.53,"end":18.79,"text":"Right?"},{"start":19.81,"end":21.87,"text":"To the University of Nebraska football team."},{"start":21.91,"end":23.21,"text":"Bananas."},{"start":26.95,"end":28.53,"text":"or whatever it is."},{"start":28.59,"end":34.44,"text":"The unanimous, unanimous is selected by every poll."},{"start":34.46,"end":37.16,"text":"That's the number on the United States."},{"start":37.2,"end":40.69,"text":"Well, sometimes I didn't think I was going to say, get it done right away."},{"start":40.71,"end":43.27,"text":"I said, you should have thought of that."},{"start":45.72,"end":47,"text":"Let's get it in here."},{"start":47.08,"end":49.04,"text":"Is he here now?"},{"start":49.44,"end":51.79,"text":"He's supposed to see Haldeman first."},{"start":51.81,"end":56.39,"text":"Then I'll have him stay off the end of here, Dr. Graham, and get rid of this."},{"start":56.41,"end":63.4,"text":"Then you get Graham into Haldeman, and then I'll finish this thing before I can see him."},{"start":63.42,"end":66.08,"text":"And I'll be coming around at 5 or 6 a.m."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met to coordinate logistical arrangements for upcoming appointments and administrative tasks. The President directed Butterfield to secure a replacement plaque for the University of Nebraska football team to honor their top-ranking status. Additionally, they reviewed the scheduling sequence for meetings involving Billy Graham and H.R. Haldeman to ensure the President’s workflow remained efficient.","topics":["University of Nebraska","Football","Scheduling","Billy Graham","H.R. Haldeman","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:10:28.689Z"},"topicSlugs":["university-of-nebraska","football","scheduling","billy-graham","h-r-haldeman","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":67,"audioFiles":[{"file":"662-002.mp3","bytes":2676367,"durationSec":66.79,"bitrate":320570,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/662-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/662-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/662/conversation-662-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}