{"conversationCode":"824-008","tapeNumber":824,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-824-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-15T18:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-15T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:54 PM","endDate":"15-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 15, 1972, Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:54 pm and 2:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 824-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 824-8\n\nDate: December 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:54 pm and 2:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n*********************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Cabinet dinner\n            -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                  -Handshake\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*********************************************************************\n\nButterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 2:04 pm.","filename":["824-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"824-007","nextCode":"824-009","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":0.38,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office to coordinate details regarding an upcoming Cabinet dinner. The discussion specifically addressed arrangements involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, with a primary focus on managing protocol for a handshake. The meeting served as a brief administrative planning session for formal executive events.","topics":["Cabinet dinner","Spiro T. Agnew","White House protocol","Event planning","Alexander P. Butterfield","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:33:50.837Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-dinner","spiro-t-agnew","white-house-protocol","event-planning","alexander-p-butterfield","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"824-008.mp3","bytes":333501,"durationSec":13.75,"bitrate":194083,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/824-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/824-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/824/conversation-824-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}