{"conversationCode":"504-009","tapeNumber":504,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-504-009","startDateTime":"1971-05-27T18:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-27T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"2:32 PM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"2:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:32 pm to 2:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-009 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. 504-9\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: 2:32 pm - 2:35 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Meeting\n                 -William P. Rogers\n                 -Henry A. Kissinger\n\n     Letter\n\nButterfield left at 2:35 pm.","filename":["504-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:05:06","tapeEnd":"03:07:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"504-008","nextCode":"504-010","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":7.7,"text":"Mr. President, the practice is here."},{"start":7.72,"end":8.6,"text":"Do you want to see him right now?"},{"start":8.62,"end":8.92,"text":"No, we haven't."},{"start":8.94,"end":12.07,"text":"We're going to set the meeting up just as soon as this is here."},{"start":12.09,"end":13.57,"text":"Uh, we won't."},{"start":13.59,"end":14.71,"text":"He still doesn't get any more records."},{"start":50.49,"end":60.45,"text":"Hey."},{"start":60.47,"end":60.55,"text":"Hey."},{"start":84.78,"end":85.54,"text":"Good night."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics regarding upcoming meetings with William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. The discussion focused on scheduling these high-level briefings and managing internal communication protocols. Butterfield confirmed the status of necessary documentation, ensuring the President's agenda was prepared before departing.","topics":["Presidential schedule","William P. Rogers","Henry A. Kissinger","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:29:35.655Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","william-p-rogers","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":104,"audioFiles":[{"file":"504-009.mp3","bytes":4168930,"durationSec":104.1,"bitrate":320391,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/504-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/504/conversation-504-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}