{"conversationCode":"721-001","tapeNumber":721,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-721-001","startDateTime":"1972-05-08T12:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T12:38:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"8:36 AM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"8:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 721-001 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. 721-1\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 am and 8:38 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Duke Law School reunion\n                 -John W. Dean, III\n                 -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.\n                 -William H. Brown, III\n                       -Equal Employment Opportunities Commission [EEOC]\n                 -Charles W. Colson\n                 -Number attending\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 8:38 am.","filename":["721-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:21","tapeEnd":"00:01:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"720-019","nextCode":"721-002","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":2.06,"text":"All right."},{"start":2.2,"end":3.46,"text":"How many is that?"},{"start":31.19,"end":35.51,"text":"That would bring the total to 68, if they all except 101."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield review logistical details and attendance figures regarding an upcoming Duke Law School reunion. They specifically discuss the inclusion of key administration figures such as John Dean, Egil Krogh, and Charles Colson, as well as William Brown of the EEOC. The exchange focuses on finalizing the guest list and calculating the total number of confirmed attendees.","topics":["Duke Law School","Presidential schedule","John Dean","Egil Krogh","Charles Colson","EEOC"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:17:27.301Z"},"topicSlugs":["duke-law-school","presidential-schedule","john-dean","egil-krogh","charles-colson","eeoc"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"721-001.mp3","bytes":1683118,"durationSec":41.95,"bitrate":320974,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:22.526Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/721-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/721-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/721/conversation-721-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}