{"conversationCode":"802-003","tapeNumber":802,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-802-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-17T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-17T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 802-003 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. 802-3\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        Schedule\n            -Legislation\n                -Water bill veto\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:28 pm.","filename":["802-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"802-002","nextCode":"802-004","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":8.51,"text":"Let's let this, let the sun go to the heart."},{"start":9.57,"end":10.07,"text":"Oh, right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the administration's schedule and specific legislative priorities. The primary focus of the brief conversation centered on the potential veto of an upcoming water bill. No further actions or broader policy developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Water bill","Presidential veto","Legislative agenda","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:05:30.918Z"},"topicSlugs":["water-bill","presidential-veto","legislative-agenda","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"802-003.mp3","bytes":344188,"durationSec":14.28,"bitrate":192822,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:36.074Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/802-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/802-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/802/conversation-802-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}