{"conversationCode":"719-018","tapeNumber":719,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-719-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-04T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-04T16:56:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1972","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"4-May-1972","endTime":"12:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 719-018 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. 719-18\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 12:51 pm and before 12:56 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's meeting with International Brotherhood of Teamsters\n          -Gifts\n                 -Money clips\n                 -Ash trays\n          -Charles W. Colson's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.","filename":["719a.mp3","719b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:31","tapeEnd":"02:54:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"719-017","nextCode":"719-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"719a.mp3,719b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":10336.25,"end":10338.1,"text":"We'll meet you down there."},{"start":10338.16,"end":10339.28,"text":"In the sun."},{"start":10339.3,"end":10339.74,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10339.8,"end":10340.3,"text":"I'm awfully white."},{"start":10340.32,"end":10340.8,"text":"You're nice and kind."},{"start":10341.12,"end":10341.34,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10341.36,"end":10343.76,"text":"You keep the pain all the time."},{"start":10353.71,"end":10354.68,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10354.74,"end":10354.97,"text":"Bye."},{"start":10539.91,"end":10540.45,"text":"No money left."},{"start":10540.47,"end":10543.88,"text":"And I think we were given an ashtray or... What was the ashtray for?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":10336.25,"end":10543.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics for an upcoming meeting with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The discussion focused on the distribution of official gifts, specifically money clips and ashtrays, to the attendees. Additionally, the pair reviewed Charles W. Colson's schedule to ensure the event remained on track.","topics":["International Brotherhood of Teamsters","White House gifts","Charles W. Colson","logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:15:04.246Z"},"topicSlugs":["international-brotherhood-of-teamsters","white-house-gifts","charles-w-colson","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"719a.mp3","bytes":175539721,"durationSec":7314.1,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"719b.mp3","bytes":162858630,"durationSec":6785.7,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:22.193Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/719a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/719b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/719-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/719/conversation-719-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}