{"conversationCode":"834-018","tapeNumber":834,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-834-018","startDateTime":"1973-01-05T21:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-05T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jan-1973","startTime":"4:23 PM","endDate":"5-Jan-1973","endTime":"4:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 834-18\n\nDate: January 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       John D. Ehrlichman's location\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm.\n\f                                             -31-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["834-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"834-017","nextCode":"834-019","transcript":[{"start":2.42,"end":2.62,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to inquire about the current whereabouts of John D. Ehrlichman. The short exchange served primarily as a status check on a key staff member's location. No further policy matters or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this two-minute interaction.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Staff administration","White House operations","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:52:00.289Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","staff-administration","white-house-operations","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"834-018.mp3","bytes":753827,"durationSec":31.28,"bitrate":192794,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:43.473Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/834-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/834/conversation-834-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}