{"conversationCode":"729-008","tapeNumber":729,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-729-008","startDateTime":"1972-06-10T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-10T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jun-1972","startTime":"1:29 PM","endDate":"10-Jun-1972","endTime":"1:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 1:29 pm to 1:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 729-008 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. 729-8\n\nDate: June 10, 1972\nTime: 1:29 - 1:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Carl B. Albert\n          -Health\n\nButterfield left at 1:30 pm.","filename":["729-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:43:51","tapeEnd":"00:47:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"729-007","nextCode":"730-001","transcript":[{"start":0.83,"end":3.4,"text":"Nothing I'm gonna need was released this morning, so it's okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the health of Speaker of the House Carl Albert. The conversation served to provide the President with a status update regarding the Speaker's medical condition. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Carl B. Albert","Health","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:30:46.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["carl-b-albert","health","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"729-008.mp3","bytes":204587,"durationSec":4.97,"bitrate":329074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.688Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/729-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/729-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/729/conversation-729-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}