{"conversationCode":"810-007","tapeNumber":810,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-810-007","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.;","description":"On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield 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 810-007 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. 810-7\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            -Annual report of Commerce Department\n                -Office of Minority Business Enterprises\n            -Ideas Editors\n                -Ideas\n                     -Conservative Jewish thought\n                -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 27s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n         Display case\n             -Coins\n\nButterfield left at 11:53 am.","filename":["810-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"810-006","nextCode":"810-008","transcript":[{"start":0.83,"end":8.96,"text":"the annual report of the Congress Department's Office of Minority Business Enterprise."},{"start":39.28,"end":41.24,"text":"It's time to look for those kids back in New York."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics regarding his upcoming schedule and specific departmental reports. The discussion encompassed the Commerce Department's Office of Minority Business Enterprise annual report and the planning of a meeting with conservative Jewish editors. Additionally, the pair addressed personal matters, including the handling of a coin display case and potential personnel inquiries involving associates in New York.","topics":["Commerce Department","Minority Business Enterprise","Presidential scheduling","Conservative Jewish thought","H.R. Haldeman","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:15:10.031Z"},"topicSlugs":["commerce-department","minority-business-enterprise","presidential-scheduling","conservative-jewish-thought","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"810-007.mp3","bytes":1248861,"durationSec":51.97,"bitrate":192231,"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/810-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/810/conversation-810-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}