{"conversationCode":"527-002","tapeNumber":527,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-527-002","startDateTime":"1971-06-22T17:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-22T17:50:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jun-1971","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"22-Jun-1971","endTime":"1:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 527-002 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. 527-2\n\nDate: June 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Frank J. Shakespeare meeting\n           -Meeting with Kissinger\n           -John D. Ehrlichman\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 1:50 pm.","filename":["527-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:23","tapeEnd":"00:04:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"527-001","nextCode":"527-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.14,"text":"What's that?"},{"start":5.3,"end":20.2,"text":"Oh, where, where approximately did she do it?"},{"start":20.22,"end":20.46,"text":"Where is he?"},{"start":20.48,"end":25.36,"text":"Uh, I see her in the first."},{"start":26.22,"end":31.97,"text":"Let's see, what about Henry?"},{"start":32.75,"end":35.69,"text":"Is he, can he wait till tomorrow?"},{"start":35.71,"end":41.72,"text":"See, he's my man and he just called just now and said he'd like to see you."},{"start":41.74,"end":43.66,"text":"I can check and see if he can wait till tomorrow."},{"start":43.86,"end":44.7,"text":"That'd be a referral, right?"},{"start":44.72,"end":47.32,"text":"Well, I, what do you mean that way?"},{"start":47.34,"end":51.66,"text":"Just, you can see this, just say, Henry, if it's something that has to be done today, fine."},{"start":51.69,"end":54.65,"text":"If it's something that has to be put off tomorrow, just tell him the schedule's full."},{"start":54.67,"end":55.79,"text":"You know, if it has to be done today, fine."},{"start":56.26,"end":61.98,"text":"You want to see John in about 10 minutes?"},{"start":62,"end":63.16,"text":"Well, I apologize, but I'll read some things here first."},{"start":63.18,"end":63.48,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President's daily schedule, specifically addressing requested meetings with Henry Kissinger and John Ehrlichman. Nixon instructed Butterfield to prioritize urgent matters with Kissinger while deferring non-essential requests to the following day. The brief discussion concluded with the President deciding to review briefing materials before receiving Ehrlichman.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","John Ehrlichman","Time management","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:00:57.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","john-ehrlichman","time-management","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":64,"audioFiles":[{"file":"527-002.mp3","bytes":2562926,"durationSec":63.94,"bitrate":320676,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/527-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/527-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/527/conversation-527-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}