{"conversationCode":"258-039","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-039","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T18:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T18:46:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 258-39\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: 2:45 pm - 2:46 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s request\n\n[The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:46\npm]\n\n[Conversation No. 258-39A]\n\n     Haig’s location\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n[The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:46\npm]\n\n[Conversation No. 258-39B]\n\n     Haig’s schedule\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nButterfield left at 2:46 pm","filename":["258-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:40","tapeEnd":"01:01:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"258-038","nextCode":"258-040","transcript":[{"start":6.97,"end":10.65,"text":"There's a pig out there."},{"start":32.25,"end":35.38,"text":"Yeah, okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the scheduling of General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The discussion focused on determining Haig's current location and integrating him into the President's immediate agenda. No major policy decisions were reached during this short logistical exchange.","topics":["Alexander Haig","Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:11:49.903Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","alexander-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-039.mp3","bytes":1848231,"durationSec":46.06,"bitrate":321034,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}