{"conversationCode":"776-002","tapeNumber":776,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-776-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-14T12:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-14T12:57:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Sep-1972","startTime":"8:16 AM","endDate":"14-Sep-1972","endTime":"8:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:16 am and 8:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 776-002 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. 776-2\n\nDate: September 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:16 am and 8:57 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 5m 2s      ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 8:45 am.\n\n                                         (rev. Oct-06)\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -Ray Charles\n                     -Possible meeting with the President\n                          -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                          -Visit to the National Children's Center\n                          -Publicity\n                          -The President’s view\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 8:57 am.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 10m 27s    ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["776-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"776-001","nextCode":"776-003","transcript":[{"start":11.6,"end":12.3,"text":"Yeah, let's do that."},{"start":12.34,"end":16.43,"text":"Not one of the several years where we've been doing the same range travel."},{"start":16.46,"end":18.83,"text":"We've been doing the same range travel."},{"start":18.85,"end":21.15,"text":"We've been doing the same range travel."},{"start":21.31,"end":24.11,"text":"We've got to read it."},{"start":24.13,"end":26.77,"text":"We've got to read it, Mark."},{"start":27.65,"end":29.27,"text":"I don't want to do it."},{"start":29.29,"end":31.35,"text":"I don't want to do it."},{"start":45.61,"end":64.29,"text":"I don't want to keep doing this, I don't want to keep doing this, I don't want to keep doing this, I don't want to keep doing this, I don't want to keep doing this,"},{"start":70.03,"end":71.27,"text":"Well, that's the end of the night."},{"start":71.43,"end":75.24,"text":"I'd like to check out and see if that's it."},{"start":75.26,"end":77.55,"text":"I don't want to do it."},{"start":77.67,"end":79.55,"text":"We don't want to run an internal story."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on a proposed meeting with musician Ray Charles. The discussion centered on managing the publicity surrounding this appearance and coordinating the event through H.R. Haldeman, including a potential visit to the National Children's Center. Nixon emphasized his specific preferences regarding the management of these public appearances.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Ray Charles","Public relations","H.R. Haldeman","National Children's Center"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:23:10.690Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","ray-charles","public-relations","h-r-haldeman","national-childrens-center"],"audioDurationSec":94,"audioFiles":[{"file":"776-002.mp3","bytes":2252590,"durationSec":93.8,"bitrate":192118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/776-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/776-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/776/conversation-776-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}