{"conversationCode":"498-007","tapeNumber":498,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-498-007","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T16:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T17:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"12:50 PM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-007 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. 498-007\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -James M. Roche\n               -Meeting information\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm","filename":["498-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:49:40","tapeEnd":"02:50:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"498-006","nextCode":"498-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.87,"text":"I said to tell you, Mr. Chief, that the general community here in the city, sir, won't meet with you."},{"start":9.88,"end":10.87,"text":"I'm stuck with Senator."},{"start":10.89,"end":21.8,"text":"If you could just give me a little bit of stuff on that, the info on that meeting, sir."},{"start":21.82,"end":22.22,"text":"It doesn't say much."},{"start":22.24,"end":23.2,"text":"Bob, Charlie, I, John, and all the rest of them."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate scheduling details regarding a meeting with James M. Roche. The discussion focused on managing the President's upcoming commitments and the internal logistics of the meeting's participants. Butterfield sought clarification on the agenda, while Nixon provided brief updates regarding the status of the planned appointment.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","James M. Roche","White House logistics","Administration staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:14:54.697Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","james-m-roche","white-house-logistics","administration-staff"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"498-007.mp3","bytes":993489,"durationSec":24.71,"bitrate":321706,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/498-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/498/conversation-498-007","catalogNaId":417177137,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417177137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}