{"conversationCode":"787-008","tapeNumber":787,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-787-008","startDateTime":"1972-09-26T15:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-26T15:30:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:17 AM","endDate":"26-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 787-008 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. 787-8\n\nDate: September 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:17 am and 11:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Forthcoming meeting with George R S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]\n            -Signings and proposals\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:30 am.","filename":["787-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"787-007","nextCode":"787-009","transcript":[{"start":2.67,"end":4.99,"text":"I'll do it at the end."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and administrative agenda. The discussion primarily focused on preparations for a forthcoming meeting with the British Ambassador, George R.S. Baring, the Earl of Cromer. Additionally, the two reviewed logistical arrangements for various document signings and policy proposals to be finalized before the meeting concluded.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","George R.S. Baring","British-American relations","White House administration","Policy proposals"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:41:01.490Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","george-r-s-baring","british-american-relations","white-house-administration","policy-proposals"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"787-008.mp3","bytes":522239,"durationSec":21.69,"bitrate":192589,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/787-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/787-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/787/conversation-787-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}