{"conversationCode":"788-002","tapeNumber":788,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-788-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-29T14:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-29T14:50:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Sep-1972","startTime":"10:45 AM","endDate":"29-Sep-1972","endTime":"10:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-002 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. 788-2\n\nDate: September 29, 1972\nTime: 10:45 am - 10:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n              The President's list to forthcoming state dinners\n                  -Dinner for Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home\n                      -Melvin R. Laird\n                      -Richard G. Kleindienst\n                      -Additions\n                      -John H. (“Jack”) Whitney\n                      -Elliot L. Richardson\n                      -George P. Shultz\n                      -Richardson\n                      -George W. Romney\n                      -James D. Hodgson\n                      -John A. Volpe\n                      -Richardson\n                  -Andrei A. Gromyko dinner\n                      -Results\n\nButterfield left at 10:50 am.","filename":["788-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"788-001","nextCode":"788-003","transcript":[{"start":80.05,"end":86.72,"text":"I don't have the results yet, but I'm sure they are."},{"start":86.9,"end":87.4,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and finalize the guest lists for upcoming state dinners honoring British Foreign Secretary Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. The discussion focused on coordinating the attendance of various cabinet members and political officials, including Melvin Laird, Richard Kleindienst, and Elliot Richardson. The session concluded with the President confirming administrative details regarding the invitations and confirming the status of preparations.","topics":["State dinners","Guest lists","Diplomatic protocol","Cabinet members","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:42:03.016Z"},"topicSlugs":["state-dinners","guest-lists","diplomatic-protocol","cabinet-members","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":110,"audioFiles":[{"file":"788-002.mp3","bytes":2650069,"durationSec":110.35,"bitrate":192126,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/788-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/788/conversation-788-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}