{"conversationCode":"515-003","tapeNumber":515,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-515-003","startDateTime":"1971-06-09T16:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-09T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 515-003 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. 515-3\n\nDate: June 9, 1971\nTime: 12:28 pm - 12:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     Schedule\n          -Tailors\n\nButterfield left at 12:30 pm","filename":["515-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:22:35","tapeEnd":"00:23:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"515-002","nextCode":"515-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":12.99,"text":"Sir, do you want to see the taillights in here or over the rest of us?"},{"start":13.01,"end":13.65,"text":"No, I'll see them right here."},{"start":13.67,"end":13.87,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.89,"end":14.09,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.11,"end":14.41,"text":"See the colors?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate a meeting with his tailors. They decided that the tailors should be brought directly into the Oval Office for the appointment. The brief discussion focused exclusively on the logistics and venue of this personal scheduling matter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Oval Office","Personal affairs","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:46:23.917Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","oval-office","personal-affairs","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"515-003.mp3","bytes":766762,"durationSec":19.04,"bitrate":322198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/515-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/515-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/515/conversation-515-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}