{"conversationCode":"504-012","tapeNumber":504,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-504-012","startDateTime":"1971-05-27T18:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-27T18:42:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"2:42 PM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"2:42 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 at 2:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-012 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. 504-12\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: 2:42 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Meeting with William P. Rogers\n\nButterfield left at 2:42 pm.","filename":["504-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:22","tapeEnd":"03:10:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"504-011","nextCode":"504-013","transcript":[{"start":6.07,"end":8.05,"text":"Enjoy."},{"start":8.07,"end":8.23,"text":"Rockers."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was arranging a meeting between Nixon and Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Butterfield exited the office immediately following this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:29:52.479Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"504-012.mp3","bytes":404163,"durationSec":9.96,"bitrate":324549,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/504-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/504-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/504/conversation-504-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}