{"conversationCode":"678-002","tapeNumber":678,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-678-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-06T20:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-06T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:58 PM","endDate":"6-Mar-1972","endTime":"4:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 678-002 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. 678-2\n\nDate: March 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:58 pm and 4:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Rose Mary Woods\n          -Signing papers\n          -Letter\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.","filename":["678a.mp3","678b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:02:27","tapeEnd":"01:03:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"678-001","nextCode":"678-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"678a.mp3,678b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3755.67,"end":3761.83,"text":"I'm sorry I didn't get what you used, but did you notice that you might make it?"},{"start":3761.85,"end":3763.29,"text":"Otherwise, we're going in, huh?"},{"start":3763.33,"end":3767.19,"text":"Yeah, I'm not going to be making any use of it."},{"start":3767.23,"end":3770.42,"text":"If you have, say, one and a half, it's a virgin right there."},{"start":3770.44,"end":3771.44,"text":"Okay, virgin there."},{"start":3771.5,"end":3772.3,"text":"I hope so."},{"start":3772.48,"end":3777.54,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3777.56,"end":3778.92,"text":"My letter's having a new carrier."},{"start":3779,"end":3780.08,"text":"We'd rather just do the letter."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3733.25,"end":3792.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative tasks and manage the President's schedule. The discussion centered on the handling of specific correspondence, with the President instructing Butterfield to prioritize a formal letter over other pending paperwork. This interaction served to streamline workflow efficiency regarding office documentation and outgoing communication.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Correspondence management","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:28:56.233Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","correspondence-management","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"678a.mp3","bytes":175927796,"durationSec":7330.26,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"678b.mp3","bytes":172945448,"durationSec":7205.99,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/678a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/678b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/678-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/678/conversation-678-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}