{"conversationCode":"780-009","tapeNumber":780,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-780-009","startDateTime":"1972-09-16T14:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-16T14:41:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1972","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1972","endTime":"10:41 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On September 16, 1972, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:41 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 780-009 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. 780-9\n\nDate: September 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 am and 10:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield met with an unknown person.\n\n            The President’s schedule\n                -Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n\nButterfield and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:40 am.","filename":["780-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"780-008","nextCode":"780-010","transcript":[{"start":3.62,"end":4.51,"text":"Yeah, right there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative logistics regarding the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused primarily on the travel plans and commitments of National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. No definitive policy decisions were reached, as the conversation served as a brief briefing on official calendar management.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Alexander Butterfield","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:29:00.741Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","alexander-butterfield","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"780-009.mp3","bytes":200619,"durationSec":8.29,"bitrate":193523,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/780-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/780-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/780/conversation-780-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}