{"conversationCode":"674-009","tapeNumber":674,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-674-009","startDateTime":"1972-02-17T14:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-17T14:11:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:06 AM","endDate":"17-Feb-1972","endTime":"9:11 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On February 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:11 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 674-009 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. 674-9\n\nDate: February 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:06 am and 9:11 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Resolution\n           -Leslie C. Arends\n                 -Note\n           -Congressional leadership meeting\n     -Introduction by Arends\n           -President’s approval\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:11 am.","filename":["674a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:54","tapeEnd":"00:54:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"674-008","nextCode":"674-010","tapeTranscriptFile":"674a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3127.93,"end":3128.17,"text":"So I see it"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3114,"end":3265,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize the agenda for an upcoming session with congressional leadership. The discussion focused on a resolution introduced by Representative Leslie C. Arends, which the President formally reviewed and approved for the meeting. The brief exchange ensured that the administration’s legislative strategy remained aligned with key congressional allies.","topics":["Congressional leadership","Leslie C. Arends","Legislative agenda","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:22:48.613Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-leadership","leslie-c-arends","legislative-agenda","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":151,"audioFiles":[{"file":"674a.mp3","bytes":101428661,"durationSec":4226.13,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/674a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/674-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/674/conversation-674-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}