{"conversationCode":"662-003","tapeNumber":662,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-662-003","startDateTime":"1972-02-01T14:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-01T15:03:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"1-Feb-1972","endTime":"10:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 662-003 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. 662-3\n\nDate: February 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 am and 10:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -William F. (“Billy”) Graham meeting\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.","filename":["662-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:23:26","tapeEnd":"00:27:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"662-002","nextCode":"662-004","transcript":[{"start":1.24,"end":1.96,"text":"Can I get a second?"},{"start":2.14,"end":2.86,"text":"He's right up there."},{"start":2.9,"end":3.58,"text":"He's with Holloman."},{"start":3.76,"end":4.14,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.39,"end":6.63,"text":"I've got to finish this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's immediate daily schedule. The discussion centered on logistics for upcoming meetings with Billy Graham and H. R. Haldeman. The session concluded with Butterfield managing the President's appointments to ensure his agenda proceeded as planned.","topics":["White House scheduling","Billy Graham","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:10:33.872Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","billy-graham","h-r-haldeman","presidential-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"662-003.mp3","bytes":509248,"durationSec":12.62,"bitrate":322933,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/662-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/662-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/662/conversation-662-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}