{"conversationCode":"500-005","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:56:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"7:55 AM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"7:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 7:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-005 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. 500-5\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: 7:55 am - 7:56 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     George P. Shultz's schedule\n\n           -Paul W. McCracken [?]\n\nButterfield left at 7:56 am.\n\n                                                                    Conv.\n                                                                     Conversation\n                                                                          No. 500-34\n                                                                                  No.(cont.)\n                                                                                      500-6\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: 7:58 am - 8:02 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]\n           -William P. Rogers\n           -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -Gerard C. Smith\n                -Forthcoming Talk with Kissinger\n           -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n                -President's schedule\n           -Wording\n           -Andrei A. Gromyko, Leonid I. Brezhnev\n           -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield amendment\n                -Position of [Name unintelligible]\n           -Timing\n           -Wording\n           -Dobrynin\n\nThe President and Kissinger left at 8:02 am.","filename":["500-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:13","tapeEnd":"00:10:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"500-004","nextCode":"500-006","transcript":[{"start":4.54,"end":9.59,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative scheduling matters, specifically concerning the calendar of George P. Shultz. The discussion touched upon the potential involvement of Paul W. McCracken in these scheduling arrangements. This brief exchange served to coordinate high-level personnel availability within the administration.","topics":["George P. Shultz","Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Paul W. McCracken"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:18:42.487Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","paul-w-mccracken"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-005.mp3","bytes":387448,"durationSec":9.54,"bitrate":324938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}