{"conversationCode":"688-007","tapeNumber":688,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-688-007","startDateTime":"1972-03-18T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-18T17:01:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:00 PM","endDate":"18-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 12:00 pm to 12:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 688-007 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. 688-7\n\nDate: March 18, 1972\nTime: 12:00 pm - 12:01 pm\n\fLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield [?].\n\n      Memorandum\n         -Delivery\n              -Clark MacGregor\n\nButterfield [?] left.","filename":["688-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:01:09","tapeEnd":"01:14:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"688-006","nextCode":"688-008","transcript":[{"start":4.69,"end":5.79,"text":"There, would you see that that gets down?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to arrange for the immediate delivery of a specific memorandum. The interaction served solely as a functional exchange to ensure the document reached its intended recipient. No other policy matters or substantive discussions occurred during this one-minute encounter.","topics":["White House administration","Memorandum delivery","Alexander Butterfield","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:39:36.603Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","memorandum-delivery","alexander-butterfield","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"688-007.mp3","bytes":418791,"durationSec":10.33,"bitrate":324438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:18.240Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/688-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/688-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/688/conversation-688-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}