{"conversationCode":"768-020","tapeNumber":768,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-768-020","startDateTime":"1972-08-14T16:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-14T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:49 PM","endDate":"14-Aug-1972","endTime":"1:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan); Ratchford, John J.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Dean, John W., III; Alexander, John H.; Ritzel, Richard S.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon, John J. Ratchford, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John W. Dean, III, John H. Alexander, Richard S. Ritzel, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 1:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 768-020 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. 768-20\n\nDate: August 14, 1972\nTime: 12:49 pm - 1:12 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, John J. Ratchford,\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John W. Dean, III; John H. Alexander, and\nRichard S. Ritzel; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n              Ehrlichman’s schedule\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 22m 55s    ]\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm.\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nButterfield et al. left at 1:12 pm.","filename":["768-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)","Ratchford, John J.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Ehrlichman, John D.","Dean, John W., III","Alexander, John H.","Ritzel, Richard S.","White House photographer","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"768-019","nextCode":"768-021","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with White House staff including Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Dean, as well as his wife Pat and photographer Alexander Butterfield, in the Oval Office. The primary topic of discussion revolved around Ehrlichman's schedule. The meeting was brief and included personal elements, with a White House photographer present at the outset.","topics":["Ehrlichman's schedule","Oval Office meeting","White House staff","President Nixon","Pat Nixon","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:03:16.542Z"},"topicSlugs":["ehrlichmans-schedule","oval-office-meetings","white-house-staff","president-nixon","pat-nixon","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"768-020.mp3","bytes":751071,"durationSec":31.23,"bitrate":192417,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:30.284Z","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":4,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"[unintelligible]"},{"start":4,"end":6,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Come on, boy. It's time to do that call yet?"},{"start":6,"end":14,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Check."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:56:42.526Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/768-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/768-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/768/conversation-768-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}