{"conversationCode":"797-010","tapeNumber":797,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-797-010","startDateTime":"1972-10-13T15:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-13T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:43 AM","endDate":"13-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:45 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 from 11:43 am to 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-010 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. 797-10\n\nDate: October 13, 1972\nTime: 11:43 am - 11:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n         The President’s Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972\n             -Copies\n                 -Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.\n                 -James S. Copley meeting\n                      -Timing of delivery to the President\n\n         The President’s signing\n\nButterfield left at 11:45 am.","filename":["797-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"797-009","nextCode":"797-011","transcript":[{"start":5.36,"end":8.23,"text":"I don't need it."},{"start":8.45,"end":9.41,"text":"I have one here."},{"start":9.73,"end":14.09,"text":"I guess they're making another one besides this."},{"start":14.13,"end":18.61,"text":"Well, put that... All right, fine."},{"start":19.15,"end":20.39,"text":"Oh, Crowe was adding something."},{"start":20.41,"end":23.43,"text":"Yeah, Crowe made some changes and added some things."},{"start":23.87,"end":26.5,"text":"I've got a copy of that."},{"start":26.61,"end":27.26,"text":"It will be back."},{"start":27.46,"end":27.92,"text":"Oh, sorry."},{"start":28.08,"end":29.9,"text":"I don't need it."},{"start":31.44,"end":31.78,"text":"I'll get it."},{"start":44.68,"end":45.44,"text":"or where he's playing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics regarding the President’s upcoming radio address on crime and drug abuse. The discussion focused on the distribution of document copies to Egil Krogh and the scheduling of a meeting with James S. Copley. The pair confirmed the status of final revisions being made to the address before the President’s scheduled signing.","topics":["Radio Address","Crime","Drug Abuse","Administrative Logistics","Egil Krogh","James S. Copley"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:55:13.228Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","crime","drug-abuse","administrative-logistics","egil-krogh","james-s-copley"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"797-010.mp3","bytes":1400580,"durationSec":58.28,"bitrate":192255,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/797-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/797-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/797/conversation-797-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}