{"conversationCode":"747-002","tapeNumber":747,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-747-002","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T13:48:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"9:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 747-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 747-2\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 am and 9:48 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Request for the President's signature\n\n     William T. Pecora\n          -Death\n               -Funeral\n\n     Public Broadcasting Corporation\n          -Thomas Bradford Curtis\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:48 am.","filename":["747-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"747-001","nextCode":"747-003","transcript":[{"start":5.78,"end":8.94,"text":"You know, I'm the secretary of the church."},{"start":9.96,"end":10.59,"text":"Oh, God."},{"start":10.61,"end":11.99,"text":"I'm just going to sit here."},{"start":12.19,"end":15.01,"text":"I'm just going to sit here."},{"start":58.01,"end":59.25,"text":"You know, Curtis is our man."},{"start":59.29,"end":61.3,"text":"One of him is my man."},{"start":61.34,"end":61.59,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative matters, including the securing of the President's signature on pending documents. The discussion covered arrangements regarding the death and funeral of William T. Pecora, as well as the appointment of Thomas Bradford Curtis to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. These brief interactions underscored the routine management of executive personnel and institutional oversight during the Nixon administration.","topics":["William T. Pecora","Funeral arrangements","Corporation for Public Broadcasting","Thomas Bradford Curtis","Executive administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:47:54.651Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-t-pecora","funeral-arrangements","corporation-for-public-broadcasting","thomas-bradford-curtis","executive-administration"],"audioDurationSec":77,"audioFiles":[{"file":"747-002.mp3","bytes":1850095,"durationSec":77.03,"bitrate":192151,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:26.791Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/747-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/747-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/747/conversation-747-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}