{"conversationCode":"739-005","tapeNumber":739,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-739-005","startDateTime":"1972-06-21T14:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-21T14:40:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jun-1972","startTime":"10:38 AM","endDate":"21-Jun-1972","endTime":"10:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 739-005 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. 739-5\n\nDate: June 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:38 and 10:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Stephen B. Bull\n\n     The President's schedule\n\n                                          (rev. Feb-02)\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 10:40 am.","filename":["739-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:06","tapeEnd":"01:33:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"739-004","nextCode":"739-006","transcript":[{"start":1.38,"end":13.25,"text":"We'll have a quick photo up here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative logistics. The discussion focused on scheduling a photo opportunity in the Oval Office. No major policy matters were addressed during this short administrative engagement.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Photo opportunity","Alexander Butterfield","Stephen Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:38:22.975Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","photo-opportunity","alexander-butterfield","stephen-bull"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"739-005.mp3","bytes":1468914,"durationSec":36.57,"bitrate":321313,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/739-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/739-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/739/conversation-739-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}