{"conversationCode":"710-002","tapeNumber":710,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-710-002","startDateTime":"1972-04-17T21:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-17T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:56 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 710-002 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. 710-2\n\nDate: April 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 4:56 pm until 4:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     [Signing documents]\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:56 and 4:59\npm.\n\n[Conversation No. 710-2A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-9]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Tuesday event\n               -Time\n\nButterfield left at 4:59 pm.","filename":["710a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:26","tapeEnd":"00:03:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"710-001","nextCode":"710-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"710a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":123.39,"end":124.31,"text":"Did you have Henry come in before they arrived?"},{"start":124.33,"end":124.59,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":124.61,"end":125.57,"text":"Are you expecting him to file for a certain role?"},{"start":242.28,"end":243.26,"text":"Yeah, sure, fine."},{"start":243.28,"end":243.56,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":243.84,"end":245.62,"text":"I know."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":82.625,"end":245.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics and manage the arrivals of unidentified individuals, including Henry Kissinger. The discussion primarily focused on scheduling details and the sequence of meetings in the Oval Office. Butterfield confirmed the arrangement of these appointments before departing the office.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Henry Kissinger","Oval Office scheduling","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:03:10.889Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","henry-kissinger","oval-office-scheduling","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":72,"audioFiles":[{"file":"710a.mp3","bytes":79465115,"durationSec":3310.97,"bitrate":192004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:55.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/710a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/710-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/710/conversation-710-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}