{"conversationCode":"517-015","tapeNumber":517,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-517-015","startDateTime":"1971-06-11T16:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-11T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1971","endTime":"1:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-015 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. 517-15\n\nDate: June 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 1:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n                                                30\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                       Tape Subject Log\n                                         (rev. 10/08)\n\n\n\n           -Samuel L. Devine\n           -William E. Timmons\n           -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -Barber appointment\n\nThe President and Butterfield left at 1:02 pm","filename":["517-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:14:11","tapeEnd":"03:15:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"517-014","nextCode":"517-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.1,"text":"Did Senator Bynum give something about your tendency to not study music at all?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met in the Oval Office to briefly review the President’s upcoming daily schedule. The discussion addressed logistical details, including appointments involving Samuel L. Devine, William E. Timmons, H. R. Haldeman, and a barber. No major policy decisions were reached during this short administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Alexander Butterfield","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:49:31.328Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","alexander-butterfield","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":64,"audioFiles":[{"file":"517-015.mp3","bytes":2555904,"durationSec":63.82,"bitrate":320409,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/517-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/517/conversation-517-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}