{"conversationCode":"794-004","tapeNumber":794,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-794-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T15:58:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:56 AM","endDate":"9-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-004 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. 794-4\n\nDate: October 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:56 am and 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting\n                -Congressional surrogates\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:58 am.","filename":["794-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"794-003","nextCode":"794-005","transcript":[{"start":0.33,"end":2.59,"text":"We're going to have a service there tomorrow."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details regarding a scheduled breakfast meeting with congressional surrogates. The conversation focused on the arrangements for this upcoming event on October 10, 1972. This brief exchange served to finalize the President's immediate scheduling priorities.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Congressional surrogates","White House logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:50:24.571Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","congressional-surrogates","white-house-logistics","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"794-004.mp3","bytes":545435,"durationSec":22.65,"bitrate":192619,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.476Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/794-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/794/conversation-794-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}