{"conversationCode":"688-003","tapeNumber":688,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-688-003","startDateTime":"1972-03-18T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-18T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1972","startTime":"11:00 AM","endDate":"18-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 688-003 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. 688-3\n\nDate: March 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:00 am and 11:05 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\fThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Unknown man's [Alexander M. Haig, Jr.?] schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:05 am.","filename":["688-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:30","tapeEnd":"00:09:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"688-002","nextCode":"688-004","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":1.74,"text":"If you're proud, it's not him who owns the house."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office to briefly discuss the scheduling arrangements for Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The dialogue centered on logistical coordination regarding Haig's professional calendar. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative briefing.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House scheduling","Oval Office operations","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:39:14.397Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-scheduling","oval-office-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"688-003.mp3","bytes":263101,"durationSec":6.44,"bitrate":326652,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/688-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/688-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/688/conversation-688-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}