{"conversationCode":"810-009","tapeNumber":810,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-810-009","startDateTime":"1972-10-31T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-31T19:41:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"31-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 2:38 pm to 2:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-009 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. 810-9\n\nDate: October 31, 1972\nTime: 2:38 pm - 2:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[This recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress.]\n\n         The President’s schedule\n             -Henry A. Kissinger\n             -Signing of 1973 Appropriations Act\n\nButterfield left at 2:41 pm.","filename":["810-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"810-008","nextCode":"810-010","transcript":[{"start":1.46,"end":4.61,"text":"And I, shall we do this now?"},{"start":6.45,"end":7.07,"text":"Sign first."},{"start":7.65,"end":8.26,"text":"Let's get this."},{"start":8.29,"end":12.74,"text":"See if they, see if they can get that out of the way now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President's immediate administrative schedule. They prioritized the signing of the 1973 Appropriations Act to ensure its swift completion. The discussion concluded with a focus on finalizing this legislative action and arranging a subsequent meeting with Henry Kissinger.","topics":["Presidential schedule","1973 Appropriations Act","Henry Kissinger","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:15:21.363Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","1973-appropriations-act","henry-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"810-009.mp3","bytes":393716,"durationSec":16.35,"bitrate":192683,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/810-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/810/conversation-810-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}