{"conversationCode":"788-003","tapeNumber":788,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-788-003","startDateTime":"1972-09-29T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-29T14:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Sep-1972","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"29-Sep-1972","endTime":"10:53 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 10:51 am to 10:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-003 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. 788-3\n\nDate: September 29, 1972\nTime: 10:51 am - 10:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n              The President's forthcoming meeting with Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home\n\n              Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n\n              William P. Rogers's Schedule\n                  -Kissinger\n\nButterfield left at 10:53 am.","filename":["788-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"788-002","nextCode":"788-004","transcript":[{"start":10.44,"end":10.71,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate scheduling logistics regarding upcoming diplomatic engagements. The brief discussion focused on the President’s meeting with British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home, as well as the respective schedules of Henry Kissinger and William P. Rogers. No major policy decisions were reached, as the conversation remained restricted to administrative calendar management.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Scheduling","Sir Alec Douglas-Home","Henry Kissinger","William P. Rogers","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:42:08.417Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","scheduling","sir-alec-douglas-home","henry-kissinger","william-p-rogers","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"788-003.mp3","bytes":1126608,"durationSec":46.88,"bitrate":192253,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:33.516Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/788-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/788/conversation-788-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}