{"conversationCode":"799-015","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-015","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T14:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T14:47:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 10:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-015 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. 799-15\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:28 am and 10:47 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n         The President's schedule\n             -Barry M. Goldwater call\n             -National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia\n\nButterfield left at 10:47 am.","filename":["799-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"799-014","nextCode":"799-016","transcript":[{"start":1.48,"end":5.65,"text":"What time does that take?"},{"start":5.71,"end":9.03,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":9.19,"end":16.67,"text":"I just heard that she was calling."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical arrangements for his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion centered on managing specific appointments, including a planned telephone call with Senator Barry Goldwater and a meeting with representatives from the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. This interaction served to finalize the President's immediate agenda and ensure proper briefing protocols for these high-priority engagements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Barry Goldwater","POW/MIA issues","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:00:27.732Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","barry-goldwater","pow-mia-issues","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-015.mp3","bytes":477099,"durationSec":19.83,"bitrate":192507,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}