{"conversationCode":"739-009","tapeNumber":739,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-739-009","startDateTime":"1972-06-21T16:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-21T16:38:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jun-1972","startTime":"12:34 PM","endDate":"21-Jun-1972","endTime":"12:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator;","description":"On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 12:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 739-009 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. 739-9\n\nDate: June 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:34 and 12:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Nelson A. Rockefeller\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[Conversation No. 739-9A]\n\n     Cancellation of telephone call\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:38 pm.","filename":["739-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:28:49","tapeEnd":"03:29:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"739-008","nextCode":"739-010","transcript":[{"start":1.07,"end":6.16,"text":"Ignore that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review the President's upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on a meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller. Following this consultation, Nixon placed a brief call through the White House operator. The conversation concluded with the President directing the cancellation of a scheduled telephone call.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Nelson A. Rockefeller","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:38:45.481Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","nelson-a-rockefeller","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"739-009.mp3","bytes":717632,"durationSec":17.8,"bitrate":322469,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.944Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/739-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/739-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/739/conversation-739-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}