{"conversationCode":"765-018","tapeNumber":765,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-765-018","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:13 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 765-018 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. 765-18\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: 12:13 pm - 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Forthcoming meeting with Soviet Minister of Health [Boris V. Petrovsky]\n                  -Timing\n                  -Length\n            -Forthcoming meeting at Camp David\n                  -Timing\n                  -Briefing\n                  -Question and answer session\n                  -George W. Romney’s briefing\n                  -Dinner\n                         -Length\n\nButterfield left at 12:16 pm.","filename":["765-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"765-017","nextCode":"765-019","transcript":[{"start":5.39,"end":8.83,"text":"And that should give you time."},{"start":9.79,"end":10.09,"text":"Sure."},{"start":10.17,"end":14.75,"text":"Well, we'll take 15 minutes or so."},{"start":14.79,"end":16.11,"text":"We've got another meeting."},{"start":16.18,"end":18.54,"text":"What time does the other meeting begin?"},{"start":18.62,"end":19.28,"text":"It begins at 4.30."},{"start":19.38,"end":21.34,"text":"They've got a good one-hour briefing."},{"start":21.36,"end":21.94,"text":"Oh, all right."},{"start":22.02,"end":22.8,"text":"Question answered."},{"start":23.24,"end":24.78,"text":"We'll just say 6.30."},{"start":24.84,"end":27.22,"text":"That'll be two hours for the beginning."},{"start":27.24,"end":29.3,"text":"Plus, we'll give them a little stretch, right?"},{"start":29.36,"end":32.89,"text":"We'll give them 10 or 15 minutes for that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the logistics and scheduling for several upcoming presidential engagements. The discussion focused primarily on the timing and duration of a meeting with Soviet Minister of Health Boris V. Petrovsky and the structure of an official event at Camp David. The two finalized the meeting schedule, including allotted time for briefings, question-and-answer sessions, and breaks.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Boris V. Petrovsky","Camp David","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:08:29.357Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","boris-v-petrovsky","camp-david","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"765-018.mp3","bytes":1008116,"durationSec":41.93,"bitrate":192327,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/765-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/765-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/765/conversation-765-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}