{"conversationCode":"503-022","tapeNumber":503,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-503-022","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); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon 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 503-022 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. 503-22\n\nDate: May 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Speech\n          -1358 words\n\n     Press conference\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:26 pm.","filename":["503-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:51:15","tapeEnd":"04:52:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"503-021","nextCode":"503-023","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.33,"text":"1358."},{"start":12.07,"end":19.28,"text":"1358."},{"start":19.3,"end":19.4,"text":"1358."},{"start":19.42,"end":20.08,"text":"That's good."},{"start":36.3,"end":38.83,"text":"And that's the first one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to review specific materials, including a speech draft and a press conference transcript. The discussion focused on finalizing the text and organization of these documents for upcoming use. No major policy decisions were reached, as the meeting served primarily as an administrative review of White House communications.","topics":["Speechwriting","Press relations","White House administration","Document review"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:28:32.748Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","press-relations","white-house-administration","document-review"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"503-022.mp3","bytes":1735367,"durationSec":43.25,"bitrate":320992,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/503-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/503-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/503/conversation-503-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}