{"conversationCode":"794-009","tapeNumber":794,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-794-009","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T16:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T16:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:39 PM","endDate":"9-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:46 PM","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 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-009 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. 794-9\n\nDate: October 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting\n                 -Surrogates\n                 -Speeches\n            -Instruction\n                 -Tables\n            -Jim Brown\n                 -Involvement in drug abuse programs\n                 -Recent meeting\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.","filename":["794-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"794-008","nextCode":"794-010","transcript":[{"start":23.72,"end":24.21,"text":"I won't."},{"start":51.56,"end":59.81,"text":"If you would consider seeing Jim Brown, he's a very active drug abuse prevention program."},{"start":59.83,"end":61.59,"text":"Jim Brown, football player."},{"start":62.47,"end":64.09,"text":"Yeah, I understand."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President’s upcoming schedule and organizational logistics for an October 10 breakfast meeting with campaign surrogates. The discussion covered the preparation of speech materials and the arrangement of tables for the event. Additionally, Butterfield proposed that the President meet with former football star Jim Brown to discuss his involvement in drug abuse prevention programs.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Campaign surrogates","Drug abuse prevention","Jim Brown","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:50:51.887Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","campaign-surrogates","drug-abuse-prevention","jim-brown","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":85,"audioFiles":[{"file":"794-009.mp3","bytes":2051969,"durationSec":85.44,"bitrate":192131,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/794-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/794/conversation-794-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}