{"conversationCode":"500-018","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-018","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T18:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T18:14:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"2:10 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"2:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-018 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. 500-18\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 2:14 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Items for President's signature\n\nButterfield left at 2:14 pm.","filename":["500-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:36","tapeEnd":"02:26:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"500-017","nextCode":"500-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.86,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to review and process administrative documents requiring presidential authorization. The brief discussion served as a routine procedural session for signing official paperwork. No policy matters or major strategic decisions were recorded during this short encounter.","topics":["Presidential signatures","White House administration","Executive documentation","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:19:54.808Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-signatures","white-house-administration","executive-documentation","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-018.mp3","bytes":577620,"durationSec":14.29,"bitrate":323293,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}