{"conversationCode":"681-001","tapeNumber":681,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-681-001","startDateTime":"1972-03-09T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-09T14:28:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"9-Mar-1972","endTime":"9:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 681-001 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. 681-1\n\nDate: March 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:28 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:28 am.","filename":["681-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:14","tapeEnd":"00:17:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"679-017","nextCode":"681-002","transcript":[{"start":2.73,"end":4.6,"text":"I believe the passenger is out until 9.30, Mr. President."},{"start":4.66,"end":11.11,"text":"He has an important break, so I'm going to have to stop him as soon as he returns."},{"start":11.15,"end":11.31,"text":"Yeah, 8.30."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to discuss the scheduling of Henry Kissinger. The conversation focused on managing Kissinger’s availability and ensuring he could be reached or intercepted upon his return. Nixon emphasized the urgency of the matter, leading to a plan for coordinating Kissinger's immediate engagement once he became free.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Scheduling","White House administration","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:31:16.462Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","scheduling","white-house-administration","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"681-001.mp3","bytes":673754,"durationSec":16.7,"bitrate":322757,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/681-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/681-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/681/conversation-681-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}