{"conversationCode":"500-035","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-035","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T22:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T02:43:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"6:49 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"10:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 18, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 10:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-035 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. 500-35\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:49 pm and 10:43 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield and an unknown man met.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 06/11/2019\nwith new guidance. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[500-035-w001]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     The President's location\n\nButterfield and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:43 am.","filename":["500-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:10:09","tapeEnd":"06:10:29","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"500-034","nextCode":"500-036","transcript":[{"start":9.29,"end":28.16,"text":"Where'd he go?"},{"start":28.18,"end":28.46,"text":"Where'd he go?"},{"start":28.48,"end":28.72,"text":"You got him?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield met with an unknown individual in the Oval Office to track the President's whereabouts. The brief exchange consists of logistical inquiries regarding the President's current location and movement. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this segment.","topics":["Presidential location","White House logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","Oval Office security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:21:25.212Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-location","white-house-logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","oval-office-security"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-035.mp3","bytes":1332036,"durationSec":33.17,"bitrate":321282,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}