{"conversationCode":"813-015","tapeNumber":813,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-813-015","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T14:54:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:51 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 813-15\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:51 am- 9:54 a.m.\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       1972 election\n            -Wires\n                   -Instruction\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:54 am.\n\nThe President left at 9:54 am.","filename":["813-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"813-014","nextCode":"813-016","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":0.52,"text":"I suppose so."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield shortly following the 1972 election to discuss administrative instructions regarding wires. The brief exchange focused on procedural directives pertinent to post-election operations. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short meeting.","topics":["1972 election","White House operations","wires","administrative directives"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:20:26.818Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-election","white-house-operations","wires","administrative-directives"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"813-015.mp3","bytes":377643,"durationSec":15.6,"bitrate":193615,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/813-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/813/conversation-813-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}