{"conversationCode":"865-012","tapeNumber":865,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-865-012","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T14:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T14:12:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:02 AM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 865-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 865-12\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:12 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       Request that John W. Dean, III join him\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.","filename":["865-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"865-011","nextCode":"865-013","transcript":[{"start":0.65,"end":4.68,"text":"If John seems to come down, please, I'll be the name to hear anything."}],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"865-012.mp3","bytes":261679,"durationSec":10.77,"bitrate":194316,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that Alexander Butterfield summon John Dean to the Oval Office. The purpose of this brief meeting was to facilitate Dean's arrival for a subsequent discussion. Butterfield departed before Dean arrived, and no further substantive topics were addressed in this segment.","topics":["John Dean","Summoning staff","Oval Office meeting","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-09-18T02:23:40.798Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-dean","summoning-staff","oval-office-meeting","alexander-butterfield"],"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/865-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/865-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/865/conversation-865-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}