{"conversationCode":"784-018","tapeNumber":784,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-784-018","startDateTime":"1972-09-21T16:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-21T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"21-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 784-018 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. 784-18\n\nDate: September 21, 1972\nTime: 12:15 pm - 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n             The President’s schedule\n                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nButterfield left at 12:16 pm.","filename":["784-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"784-017","nextCode":"784-019","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.21,"text":"The other one's away from his desk for one minute."},{"start":2.29,"end":4.45,"text":"He'll be right back."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.46,"text":"Those are the arteries, right?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate H.R. Haldeman’s immediate availability. The conversation focused on the logistics of Haldeman’s current location and schedule. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:37:14.850Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"784-018.mp3","bytes":210650,"durationSec":8.72,"bitrate":193256,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/784-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/784-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/784/conversation-784-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}