{"conversationCode":"726-003","tapeNumber":726,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-726-003","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T15:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"11:42 AM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"11:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 726-003 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. 726-3\n\nDate: May 19, 1972\nTime: 11:42 am - 11:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       President's schedule\n           -Press reception\n                 -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n                       -Presence\n                       -Remarks\n\nButterfield left at 11:45 am.","filename":["726a.mp3","726b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:14:45","tapeEnd":"01:16:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"726-002","nextCode":"726-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"726a.mp3,726b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":4489.58,"end":4493.47,"text":"Mr. President, you're not going to receive that group tonight."},{"start":4493.55,"end":4494.21,"text":"No."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":4485,"end":4573,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to finalize details regarding the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was a planned press reception, specifically addressing the participation and potential remarks of First Lady Pat Nixon. Ultimately, the President decided against receiving a specific group of attendees at the event.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Pat Nixon","Press reception","White House operations","Scheduling decisions"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:27:03.933Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","pat-nixon","press-reception","white-house-operations","scheduling-decisions"],"audioDurationSec":88,"audioFiles":[{"file":"726a.mp3","bytes":176253177,"durationSec":7343.82,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"726b.mp3","bytes":173897141,"durationSec":7245.65,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/726a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/726b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/726-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/726/conversation-726-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}