{"conversationCode":"509-003","tapeNumber":509,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-509-003","startDateTime":"1971-06-03T13:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-03T13:54:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:49 AM","endDate":"3-Jun-1971","endTime":"9:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:49 am to 9:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 509-003 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. 509-003\n\nDate: June 3, 1971\nTime: 9:49 am - 9:54 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:49 am\n\n           -Location of J. Edgar Hoover\n           -10:00 pm meeting with John N. Mitchell and Hoover\n\nBull and Butterfield left at 9:54 am","filename":["509-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:31","tapeEnd":"00:43:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"509-002","nextCode":"509-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.71,"text":"Is there anyone in my course?"},{"start":3.73,"end":4.27,"text":"Senator, I have a question."},{"start":26.9,"end":31.67,"text":"You know, is Mr. Hoover here yet?"},{"start":31.69,"end":34.8,"text":"I don't believe he is."},{"start":34.82,"end":35.66,"text":"Would you like to say anything beforehand?"},{"start":35.68,"end":39.17,"text":"Mr. Hoover and, uh... Yeah, and Mitchell should come in together at 10 o'clock, and I'll walk in with them."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding an upcoming evening meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The participants confirmed the 10:00 p.m. scheduling for the session and established the protocol for the officials' arrival. Nixon directed that Hoover and Mitchell enter together so he could join them at the start of the discussion.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","John N. Mitchell","White House scheduling","Presidential protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:36:58.856Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","john-n-mitchell","white-house-scheduling","presidential-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"509-003.mp3","bytes":2035268,"durationSec":50.75,"bitrate":320851,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:52.980Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/509-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/509-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/509/conversation-509-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}