{"conversationCode":"723-014","tapeNumber":723,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-723-014","startDateTime":"1972-05-11T19:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-11T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1972","startTime":"3:40 PM","endDate":"11-May-1972","endTime":"3:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 3:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 723-014 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. 723-14\n\nDate: May 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 3:40 pm and before 3:45 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's trip to Camp David\n          -Arrangements for secretarial services\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 3:45 pm.","filename":["723a.mp3","723b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:57:23","tapeEnd":"02:01:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"723-013","nextCode":"723-015","tapeTranscriptFile":"723a.mp3,723b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7044.12,"end":7054.87,"text":"Well, we have the last three or four weeks, I guess we have."},{"start":7057.72,"end":7060.14,"text":"You've had something to do on each of those occasions."},{"start":7062.16,"end":7062.76,"text":"Well, we can do either."},{"start":7062.78,"end":7063.76,"text":"It might be good to have them."},{"start":7065.64,"end":7069.43,"text":"I don't know of anything, but, uh, you know... See, we can chop the line up."},{"start":7069.59,"end":7072.81,"text":"We can really get it there in about an hour and a half."},{"start":7072.83,"end":7076.96,"text":"The driver's there in an hour and a half."},{"start":7076.98,"end":7080.58,"text":"But don't bother this stuff, okay?"},{"start":7080.6,"end":7080.94,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":7080.96,"end":7082.66,"text":"We'll have one on standby here, so she's ready."},{"start":7289.26,"end":7292.14,"text":"Oh, I just wanted to tell you that... That's all right."},{"start":7292.16,"end":7299.72,"text":"I just wanted to tell you that I think we may be ready to go with everybody this morning."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7044.125,"end":7350.5,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics for an upcoming trip to Camp David. The discussion centered on arranging secretarial services and establishing standby procedures for the visit. Butterfield confirmed that the necessary personnel would be prepared for the trip.","topics":["Camp David","Logistics","Secretarial support","White House operations","Presidential travel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:21:18.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","logistics","secretarial-support","white-house-operations","presidential-travel"],"audioDurationSec":255,"audioFiles":[{"file":"723a.mp3","bytes":175248195,"durationSec":7301.93,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"723b.mp3","bytes":87659205,"durationSec":3652.41,"bitrate":192003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/723a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/723b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/723-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/723/conversation-723-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}