{"conversationCode":"493-001","tapeNumber":493,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-493-001","startDateTime":"1971-05-06T12:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T12:55:00.000Z","startDate":"6-May-1971","startTime":"8:45 AM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"8:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 493-1\n\nDate: May 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     Camp David\n         -Use by staff and Cabinet\n              -Patrick J. Buchanan, James P. Hughes\n              -William J. Baroody, Jr.\n              -Facilities\n              -Hughes\n\n     Rose Mary Woods\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 8:55 am","filename":["493a.mp3","493b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:53","tapeEnd":"00:13:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"492-008","nextCode":"493-002","tapeTranscriptFile":"493a.mp3,493b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":368.62,"end":376.44,"text":"Yeah, yeah, well, you know what I mean, is that if there are people that won't ask, Alex, those are the ones who want to have the music."},{"start":376.46,"end":379.2,"text":"I guess it corresponds to your question."},{"start":379.24,"end":382.95,"text":"I guess that you probably have it."},{"start":382.97,"end":384.99,"text":"I mean, it gets overused by people that are insistent."},{"start":385.03,"end":386.97,"text":"I hear it's used by people who really need music."},{"start":388.01,"end":392.67,"text":"Always arranged to have two people, two different sets of people go."},{"start":393.09,"end":394.37,"text":"They can't rank."},{"start":406.89,"end":411.94,"text":"I should have been in this before."},{"start":412.04,"end":415.42,"text":"I should have mentioned it to him."},{"start":415.46,"end":419.38,"text":"He did it because I had to go."},{"start":419.49,"end":424.99,"text":"I assume you went to Los Angeles a long time ago."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":367.25,"end":778.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield discussed the administration of Camp David, specifically focusing on the usage of the facility by staff members and Cabinet officials. They reviewed logistical concerns regarding guest access and the potential overuse of the presidential retreat by insistent personnel. Nixon expressed a desire for more oversight regarding scheduling and access protocols to manage the facility's limited resources effectively.","topics":["Camp David","White House Staff","Logistics","Facility Management","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:06:23.202Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","white-house-staff","logistics","facility-management","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":428,"audioFiles":[{"file":"493a.mp3","bytes":175702725,"durationSec":7320.89,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"493b.mp3","bytes":167948119,"durationSec":6997.76,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/493a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/493b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/493-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/493/conversation-493-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}