{"conversationCode":"009-036","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-036","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:33 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:33 am to 10:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-036 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-36\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 10:33 am - 10:34 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Family event\n          -Mementos\n               -Stephen B. Bull\n               -Types\n                    -Compacts\n                    -Cufff links\n                    -Tie bars\n                    -Charms","filename":["009-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:13:46","tapeEnd":"01:14:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"009-035","nextCode":"009-037","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":2.05,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.07,"end":2.75,"text":"Mr. Butterfield."},{"start":2.77,"end":3.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.23,"end":3.57,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.91,"end":7.24,"text":"What have you arranged with regard to mementos for this family thing tonight?"},{"start":7.25,"end":7.9,"text":"Do they have anything?"},{"start":8.5,"end":9,"text":"Mementos?"},{"start":9.3,"end":9.7,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.72,"end":10.66,"text":"I'll check with Steve."},{"start":10.72,"end":11.24,"text":"Don't bother."},{"start":12.04,"end":15.41,"text":"Just get silver compacts for the two wives."},{"start":15.83,"end":17.69,"text":"Get cufflinks for the three men."},{"start":18.41,"end":25.4,"text":"Get little tie bars for the boys and charms for the girls."},{"start":25.44,"end":26.25,"text":"That's all you need."},{"start":26.27,"end":26.75,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":27.61,"end":27.83,"text":"I'll do it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize arrangements for specific mementos to be distributed at a family event held that evening. The President provided explicit instructions regarding the procurement of gifts, specifically requesting silver compacts for the wives, cufflinks for the men, and tie bars and charms for the children. Butterfield acknowledged the directives and committed to securing these items through Stephen B. Bull.","topics":["White House social events","Gift procurement","Alexander P. Butterfield","Presidential logistics","Mementos"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:52:56.786Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","gift-procurement","alexander-p-butterfield","presidential-logistics","mementos"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-036.mp3","bytes":681481,"durationSec":28.34,"bitrate":192384,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}