{"conversationCode":"810-006","tapeNumber":810,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-810-006","startDateTime":"1972-10-31T16:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-31T16:53:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:43 AM","endDate":"31-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-006 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. 810-6\n\nDate: October 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -House Resolution [H R] 1\n            -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n             -[Signing of documents]\n                  -Veto\n                  -John D. Ehrlichman\n                  -Appropriations\n                  -Pen\n             -Ronald L. Ziegler's location\n                  -Press\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:43 am.\n\n             -Signing ceremony of 1973 Appropriations Act\n                 -Timing\n                 -Wire services\n                      -Photograph session\n\nBull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:53 am.","filename":["810-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"810-005","nextCode":"810-007","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":3.68,"text":"You don't have one?"},{"start":3.72,"end":4.22,"text":"Not for me."},{"start":44.67,"end":45.65,"text":"This is the detail."},{"start":45.71,"end":47.43,"text":"Here at the last floor."},{"start":47.45,"end":49.73,"text":"So you'll ring the bell."},{"start":49.89,"end":50.99,"text":"Sorry, boss."},{"start":88.44,"end":89.71,"text":"Bring him in off the site."},{"start":136.18,"end":136.7,"text":"All right."},{"start":169.87,"end":180.22,"text":"Now, Ziggler's in the middle of the street now, so that's where the trucks are."},{"start":180.32,"end":181.84,"text":"Come on."},{"start":181.9,"end":182.7,"text":"Hold this up."},{"start":182.84,"end":184.78,"text":"It's the first one."},{"start":184.9,"end":188.82,"text":"Now, I'll hold that for the trucks, huh?"},{"start":188.94,"end":191.78,"text":"So, Ziggler's back here."},{"start":198.87,"end":205.71,"text":"Pull the wires out of there."},{"start":228.58,"end":228.94,"text":"work."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to review his daily schedule and coordinate the logistics for upcoming executive actions. The participants focused on the signing ceremony for the 1973 Appropriations Act, specifically addressing the timing of the event and the coordination of press wire services and photography. The discussion also touched upon the physical arrangement of the office and the whereabouts of Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler.","topics":["Presidential schedule","1973 Appropriations Act","Logistics","Press relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:15:02.521Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","1973-appropriations-act","logistics","press-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":240,"audioFiles":[{"file":"810-006.mp3","bytes":5754043,"durationSec":239.69,"bitrate":192046,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:37.555Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/810-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/810/conversation-810-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}