{"conversationCode":"804-004","tapeNumber":804,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-804-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T21:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T03:59:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 18, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 804-004 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. 804-4\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n        The President's location\n            -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n        Telephone calls\n\n        The President’s location\n            -EOB\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:50 pm.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\ncleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and\nwas reviewed under deed of gift 12/13/2022.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[804-004-w001]\n[Duration: 10s]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.]","filename":["804-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"804-003","nextCode":"805-001","transcript":[{"start":4.88,"end":5.68,"text":"Er det ok?"},{"start":6.49,"end":6.8,"text":"Ja."},{"start":6.84,"end":8.37,"text":"Er det ok?"},{"start":14.37,"end":28.19,"text":"Er det ok?"},{"start":29.49,"end":30.15,"text":"Er det ok?"},{"start":31.07,"end":32.31,"text":"Er det ok?"},{"start":43.06,"end":50.33,"text":"Søren Søren Søren Søren"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding President Nixon’s whereabouts and potential telephone communications. The discussion centered on the President's transit to and location within the Executive Office Building. Ultimately, the brief exchange served to facilitate administrative updates concerning the President’s movements.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","United States Secret Service","Executive Office Building","Presidential movement","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:08:42.602Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","united-states-secret-service","executive-office-building","presidential-movement","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":75,"audioFiles":[{"file":"804-004.mp3","bytes":1800567,"durationSec":74.95,"bitrate":192197,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/804-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/804-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/804/conversation-804-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}