{"conversationCode":"763-017","tapeNumber":763,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-763-017","startDateTime":"1972-08-07T17:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-07T19:01:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Aug-1972","startTime":"1:22 PM","endDate":"7-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 7, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 763-017 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. 763-17\n\nDate: August 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n       Greetings\n\nAn unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and\n3:01 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 763-17A]\n\n       The President’s location\n            -Oval office\n            -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nAn unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and\n3:01 pm.\n\n[Conversation No.763-17B]\n\n       The President’s location\n            -EOB\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)\n\n                                                           Conversation No.763-18\n\nDate: August 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 3:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Dinner at Camp David, August 8, 1972\n                  -Maurice Stans, Clark MacGregor\n                  -H.R. “(Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman\n                  -Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons\n                  -Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler\n                  -Raymond K. Price, JR.\n                  -Robert J. Brown\n                  -Charles W. Colson\n                  -Harry S. Dent\n                  -Brown\n                  -Price\n                  -Cabinet meeting\n                  -Robert J. Dole\n                  -Robert H. Finch\n                  -Melvin R. Laird\n                  -Ehrlichman, Flanigan, Henry A. Kissinger\n                  -Haldeman\n                  -Frederic V. Malek, Jeb Stuart Magruder, Kenneth S.\n                  -Rietz\n                  -Cabinet\n                  -MacGregor, Stans, John N. Mitchell\n                  -Dent\n                  -Colson\n                  -Brown\n                  -Butterfield\n                  -Price\n                         -Minutes of the meeting\n                               -Butterfield\n                  -Klein\n\n                           (rev. Nov-03)\n\n            -Cabinet\n      -Ziegler\n      -Ehrlichman, Klein, Price\n      -Malek, Magruder, Rietz\n      -Butterfield\n      -Brown\n      -Colson\n      -Dole\n      -Keneth R. Cole, Jr.\n            -Ehrlichman\n                   -Cabinet meetings\n                   -Nature of dinner\n      -Cabinet\n      -Butterfield's role\n      -Finch\n      -Donald H. Rumsfeld\n      -Elliot L. Richardson\n            -Possible meeting with [Boris V. Petrovsky]\n      -Bryce N. Harlow\n      -Cole\n            -Ehrlichman\n            -Alternate dining facilities\n-Forthcoming meetings\n      -Butterfield’s review of possible attendees\n            -Klein\n            -Ziegler\n            -Moore\n            -John A. Scali\n            -Klein\n      -Virginia legislators\n      -Colson\n      -Flanigan\n            -Butterfield's conversation with Haldeman\n            -Colson\n            -Flanigan\n                   -Ambassadorships\n                   -International trade policy\n                   -Kissinger's staff\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)\n\nStephen B. Bull entered and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 3:01 pm.\n\nThe President’s schedule\n       -Forthcoming meeting with Virginia legislators\n             -Number of attendees\n             -Photographs\n             -Mills E. Godwin\n                    -Introductions\n             -Tour of White House\n                    -Charles [Last name unknown]\n             -Gifts\n                    -Cufflinks\n                    -Bow pins\n                    -Watches\n                          -Cost","filename":["763-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"763-016","nextCode":"763-018","transcript":[{"start":0.24,"end":0.58,"text":"Okay."},{"start":28.23,"end":28.57,"text":"Yeah, I'll be back."},{"start":28.59,"end":28.65,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate an extensive schedule of upcoming appointments, including a dinner at Camp David and various Cabinet-level engagements. They reviewed lists of potential attendees for these events and discussed the logistical roles of key staff members, such as H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Stephen B. Bull later joined the discussion to finalize details for a meeting with Virginia legislators, specifically addressing gift procurement and protocol for the delegation's visit.","topics":["White House scheduling","Alexander Butterfield","Camp David","Cabinet meetings","Virginia legislators"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:05:44.469Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","alexander-butterfield","camp-david","cabinet-meetings","virginia-legislators"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"763-017.mp3","bytes":1132250,"durationSec":47.11,"bitrate":192287,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/763-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/763-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/763/conversation-763-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}