{"conversationCode":"729-006","tapeNumber":729,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-729-006","startDateTime":"1972-06-10T17:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-10T17:25:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jun-1972","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"10-Jun-1972","endTime":"1:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 729-006 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. 729-6\n\nDate: June 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n               -Briefcase\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:25 pm.","filename":["729-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:40:56","tapeEnd":"00:42:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"729-005","nextCode":"729-007","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":7.94,"text":"I think I'm going to go on over there and stay there."},{"start":7.96,"end":13.86,"text":"Nobody needs to stick around."},{"start":15.12,"end":17.53,"text":"We'll be around a little while."},{"start":17.83,"end":23.41,"text":"I'll see what time you decide."},{"start":23.59,"end":25.2,"text":"Okay."},{"start":26.07,"end":29.69,"text":"I think he's in his office right now."},{"start":29.71,"end":36.38,"text":"Well, if he's not at lunch or something, I'll see him over at the AOE."},{"start":36.54,"end":37.08,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.24,"end":39.28,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":40.4,"end":44.12,"text":"I just wanted to give you a minute of time."},{"start":44.14,"end":45.05,"text":"It's about 1.25 now."},{"start":45.09,"end":47.09,"text":"Yeah, I'm a little over there."},{"start":47.55,"end":50.05,"text":"I'll see you over there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief, informal coordination meeting in the Oval Office to discuss logistics regarding a subsequent engagement. The participants arranged to reconvene at another location, identified as the AOE, after confirming their respective schedules. The discussion focused primarily on managing the President's immediate movements and ensuring the appropriate staff presence for the upcoming meeting.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Logistics","White House operations","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:30:35.908Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","logistics","white-house-operations","alexander-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"729-006.mp3","bytes":2061371,"durationSec":51.41,"bitrate":320784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.688Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:23.911Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/729-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/729-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/729/conversation-729-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}