{"conversationCode":"505-008","tapeNumber":505,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-505-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T17:26:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"1:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:25 pm to 1:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-008 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. 505-008\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 1:25 pm - 1:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n\n     Telephone call\n\n     President's schedule\n\n            -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n            -Edward J. Kiernan call\n\nButterfield left at 1:26 pm.","filename":["505-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:50:20","tapeEnd":"02:51:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"505-007","nextCode":"505-009","transcript":[{"start":16.94,"end":39.49,"text":"I said, there's a guy on a telephone call."},{"start":39.51,"end":40.29,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."},{"start":40.31,"end":40.59,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":40.61,"end":41.39,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."},{"start":41.41,"end":42.33,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."},{"start":42.35,"end":43.13,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."},{"start":43.15,"end":43.94,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."},{"start":43.95,"end":44.74,"text":"I said, you might want to look at that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief meeting to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was a specific telephone call involving Edward J. Kiernan at the Executive Office Building. Butterfield prompted the President to review details regarding this communication, which concluded the short session.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Edward J. Kiernan","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:31:32.977Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","edward-j-kiernan","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"505-008.mp3","bytes":1911954,"durationSec":47.66,"bitrate":320929,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/505-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/505/conversation-505-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}