{"conversationCode":"501-023","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-023","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T19:50:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"3:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-023 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. 501-23\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:50 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meeting with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld\n\n     Charles McC. Mathias Amendment\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:45 pm.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Meeting with Finch and Rumsfeld\n                -Time\n\nButterfield and Bull left at 3:50 pm.","filename":["501-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:25:18","tapeEnd":"04:25:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"501-022","nextCode":"501-024","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":15.72,"text":"No, I'm afraid that there will be... What is the... Have they voted on Matthias and that?"},{"start":15.74,"end":15.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":15.87,"end":24.48,"text":"I can't say so."},{"start":24.5,"end":25.36,"text":"Why don't you get in there and let me know."},{"start":25.38,"end":26.16,"text":"I'd love to get there before 5 o'clock."},{"start":31,"end":32.38,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull regarding updates on the Charles McC. Mathias amendment and the progress of pending legislative votes. The President sought information on these developments to coordinate his upcoming schedule with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld. The meeting concluded with Nixon tasking staff to secure information before his 5:00 pm deadline.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Alexander Butterfield","Charles McC. Mathias","Legislative process","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:23:41.813Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","alexander-butterfield","charles-mcc-mathias","legislative-process","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-023.mp3","bytes":1299644,"durationSec":32.35,"bitrate":321441,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}