{"conversationCode":"503-021","tapeNumber":503,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-503-021","startDateTime":"1971-05-21T22:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-21T22:26:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1971","startTime":"6:07 PM","endDate":"21-May-1971","endTime":"6:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 503-021 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. 503-21\n\nDate: May 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald Ziegler and Alexander P. Butterfield [?].\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Lunch tomorrow\n           -Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo meeting with the President\n\nZiegler and Butterfield [?] left at an unknown time before 6:26 pm.","filename":["503-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:49:47","tapeEnd":"04:51:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"503-020","nextCode":"503-022","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.46,"text":"We don't know."},{"start":11.65,"end":14.89,"text":"We don't know."},{"start":15.39,"end":29.11,"text":"We don't know."},{"start":35.18,"end":44.49,"text":"You're also gonna come over here and see if he's, he has his, is he here?"},{"start":44.51,"end":45.66,"text":"He's, he's, uh, just went back to the hospital."},{"start":45.68,"end":47.57,"text":"Well, we got, we got him over, but it's a great day, so, yeah, there's no coming to our house."},{"start":47.59,"end":47.99,"text":"See you in a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Alexander Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and social engagements. The discussion focused on logistics regarding a scheduled lunch and a planned meeting with Charles \"Bebe\" Rebozo. The participants concluded the brief session by clarifying the availability and whereabouts of the individuals involved in these meetings.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Bebe Rebozo","White House administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:28:27.251Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","bebe-rebozo","white-house-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"503-021.mp3","bytes":1923448,"durationSec":47.95,"bitrate":320938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/503-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/503-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/503/conversation-503-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}