{"conversationCode":"797-004","tapeNumber":797,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-797-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-13T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-13T14:51:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"13-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-004 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. 797-4\n\nDate: October 13, 1972\nTime: 10:51 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n         Rough draft of the President’s Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse,\n         October 15, 1972\n             -The President’s schedule\n\nButterfield left at 10:51 am.","filename":["797-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"797-003","nextCode":"797-005","transcript":[{"start":6.64,"end":7.7,"text":"This is a very rough cut."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to review a draft of the President’s upcoming radio address focused on crime and drug abuse. During this brief consultation, the two discussed the content and messaging of the speech scheduled for October 15, 1972. They also touched upon the President’s administrative schedule to ensure coordination with his public remarks.","topics":["Radio address","Crime","Drug abuse","Scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:54:38.831Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","crime","drug-abuse","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"797-004.mp3","bytes":366758,"durationSec":15.23,"bitrate":192692,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/797-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/797-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/797/conversation-797-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}