{"conversationCode":"501-009","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-009","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"12:00 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"12:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-009 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. 501-9\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: 12:00 pm - 12:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meetings with Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] delegation\n\nButterfield left at 12:02 pm.","filename":["501-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:30:03","tapeEnd":"01:31:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"501-008","nextCode":"501-010","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":7.81,"text":"I know why."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion was the logistics regarding Nixon's planned meetings with the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) delegation. No major policy decisions were reached during this short administrative consultation.","topics":["Presidential schedule","SALT","Strategic Arms Limitation Talks","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:22:21.474Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","salt","strategic-arms-limitation-talks","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-009.mp3","bytes":597473,"durationSec":14.8,"bitrate":323056,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}