{"conversationCode":"707-011","tapeNumber":707,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-707-011","startDateTime":"1972-04-12T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-12T19:47:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 707-011 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. 707-11\n\nDate: April 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's Canadian speech draft\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n          -Henry A. Kissinger's review\n               -Time\n          -The President's review\n               -Time\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:47 pm.","filename":["707a.mp3","707b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:29","tapeEnd":"02:42:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"707-010","nextCode":"707-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"707a.mp3,707b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":9632.88,"end":9635.76,"text":"Shredder, he has to respond to the whole thing."},{"start":9637.8,"end":9639.36,"text":"Start punching the points that matter."},{"start":9639.38,"end":9640.1,"text":"He still does well."},{"start":9649.01,"end":9658.73,"text":"The ragged positions always tell us to fight."},{"start":9658.75,"end":9659.33,"text":"Just wait."},{"start":9659.81,"end":9666.48,"text":"Not saying a word."},{"start":9666.6,"end":9669.06,"text":"Not urging us to do anything."},{"start":9669.4,"end":9671.48,"text":"Not urging us not to do anything."},{"start":9671.52,"end":9672.44,"text":"Yeah, it's very..."},{"start":9672.48,"end":9676.44,"text":"It's better."},{"start":9676.46,"end":9677.97,"text":"Well, why don't we suggest that..."},{"start":9680.58,"end":9682.6,"text":"Thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9632.875,"end":9719,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the final drafting and review process for an upcoming speech concerning Canadian relations. The discussion focused on incorporating feedback from Henry A. Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. while finalizing the President's personal revisions. The meeting functioned as an administrative check-in to ensure the speech was ready for delivery.","topics":["Canadian relations","Speechwriting","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Henry A. Kissinger","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:59:37.307Z"},"topicSlugs":["canadian-relations","speechwriting","alexander-m-haig-jr","henry-a-kissinger","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":111,"audioFiles":[{"file":"707a.mp3","bytes":175742849,"durationSec":7322.55,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"707b.mp3","bytes":61667577,"durationSec":2569.43,"bitrate":192004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:55.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/707a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/707b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/707-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/707/conversation-707-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}