{"conversationCode":"501-026","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-026","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T20:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T20:38:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"4:28 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"4:38 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 4:28 pm and 4:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-026 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. 501-26\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Items for President's signature\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:28 pm.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -5:00 meeting\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler, John A. Scali, Henry A. Kissinger, H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                 meeting\n           -Robert H. Finch\n\nButterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 4:38 pm.","filename":["501-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:00:23","tapeEnd":"05:01:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"501-025","nextCode":"501-027","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":12.23,"text":"Hey."},{"start":30.84,"end":46.41,"text":"You see the person with the cigarette, I want to be sure he didn't have a cigarette in his hand."},{"start":46.43,"end":47.15,"text":"That's Henry and Bob Hall and Clyde."},{"start":47.17,"end":47.77,"text":"I have to finish Clyde's book."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to review pending administrative paperwork and finalize the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion specifically addressed preparations for a 5:00 p.m. meeting involving key advisors including Henry Kissinger, H.R. Haldeman, and Ronald Ziegler. During the exchange, Nixon also gave instructions regarding the visual presentation of staff in photographs, specifically requesting that images of individuals with cigarettes be excluded.","topics":["White House scheduling","Presidential staff","Administrative procedures","Photography policy","Henry Kissinger"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:23:58.631Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","presidential-staff","administrative-procedures","photography-policy","henry-kissinger"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-026.mp3","bytes":1968379,"durationSec":49.07,"bitrate":320890,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}