{"conversationCode":"788-004","tapeNumber":788,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-788-004","startDateTime":"1972-09-29T14:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-29T15:07:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Sep-1972","startTime":"10:54 AM","endDate":"29-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-004 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. 788-4\n\nDate: September 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:54 am and 11:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n              The President's schedule\n              -Forthcoming meeting with Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home\n                      -George R.S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]\n                           -Possible attendance\n                      -Topics of discussion\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:54 am.\n\n              H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s schedule\n                  -John D. Ehrlichman\n\n              The President’s schedule\n                  -Forthcoming trip to Atlanta\n                      -Timing for return\n                           -Possible meeting with Dr. W. Kenneth Riland\n\nButterfield left at 10:56 am.\n\n             Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -Arthur F. Burns\n                     -Previous telephone call to the President\n                           -The President's previous speech to the\n                            International Monetary Fund [IMF]\n                           -Peter M. Flanigan\n                     -Forthcoming trip to India\n                 -Ziegler's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.","filename":["788-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"788-003","nextCode":"788-005","transcript":[{"start":9.78,"end":10.61,"text":"Come on, come on."},{"start":52.83,"end":58.49,"text":"If we can get back in time."},{"start":58.91,"end":64.94,"text":"We won't be back in time."},{"start":65.14,"end":70.74,"text":"Dr. Burns is asking for five minutes with you."},{"start":85.69,"end":91.59,"text":"I'll tell you what a great delivery it was and how well received the speech was at the IMF."},{"start":91.64,"end":92.92,"text":"Oh, I didn't hear about it."},{"start":92.94,"end":93.5,"text":"In Flanagan."},{"start":93.68,"end":94.96,"text":"Flanagan took the call."},{"start":95.02,"end":95.58,"text":"Where is he?"},{"start":95.64,"end":96.72,"text":"He's right out here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and Stephen Bull to coordinate logistics for several upcoming diplomatic and official engagements, including a visit with Sir Alexander Douglas-Home and a trip to Atlanta. The discussion also addressed scheduling requests from Arthur Burns, specifically concerning a follow-up conversation regarding Nixon's recent speech to the International Monetary Fund. The participants evaluated the timing of these various meetings and the availability of key staff members like Peter Flanigan to manage related administrative details.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Diplomacy","International Monetary Fund","White House Staff","Arthur Burns"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:42:14.086Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","diplomacy","international-monetary-fund","white-house-staff","arthur-burns"],"audioDurationSec":114,"audioFiles":[{"file":"788-004.mp3","bytes":2748498,"durationSec":114.45,"bitrate":192113,"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/788-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/788/conversation-788-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}