{"conversationCode":"767-002","tapeNumber":767,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-767-002","startDateTime":"1972-08-11T12:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-11T12:07:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:02 AM","endDate":"11-Aug-1972","endTime":"8:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 767-002 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. 767-2\n\nDate: August 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:02 am and 8:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       Items for the President’s signature\n\nAn unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 8:02 am.\n\n       [Patrick J. Buchanan's] schedule\n\nThe unknown woman and Butterfield left an unknown time before 8:07 am.","filename":["767-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"767-001","nextCode":"767-003","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":1.84,"text":"It should have been so much."},{"start":36.93,"end":38.16,"text":"and not arrive yet today."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and an unidentified staff member in the Oval Office to conduct routine administrative business. The participants primarily focused on processing official documents requiring the President’s signature and reviewing Patrick J. Buchanan's daily schedule. The brief meeting concluded after these logistical matters were addressed.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Administrative tasks","Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:10:04.241Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","administrative-tasks","patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"767-002.mp3","bytes":1041971,"durationSec":43.36,"bitrate":192245,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/767-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/767-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/767/conversation-767-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}