{"conversationCode":"531-011","tapeNumber":531,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-531-011","startDateTime":"1971-06-28T20:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-28T20:56:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jun-1971","startTime":"4:54 PM","endDate":"28-Jun-1971","endTime":"4:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Harley, Ronald A.; White House photographer;","description":"On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald A. Harley, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 4:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-011 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. 531-11\n\nDate: June 28, 1971\nTime: 4:54 pm - 4:56 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald A. Harley; the\nWhite House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n     Harley's experience\n\n     Arrangements for photograph\n\n     Harley's experience\n\n      Presentation of gifts by President\n\n      President's schedule\n\nBull, et al., left at 4:56 pm.","filename":["531-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:00","tapeEnd":"00:26:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B.","Harley, Ronald A.","White House photographer","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B.","Harley, Ronald A.","White House photographer"],"prevCode":"531-010","nextCode":"531-012","transcript":[{"start":1.43,"end":10.17,"text":"President, Mr. Roland Harty, 25 years."},{"start":10.19,"end":10.27,"text":"Wow."},{"start":10.29,"end":10.94,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":24.41,"end":47.25,"text":"So we want to thank you for those five years and wish you the very best."},{"start":47.27,"end":47.63,"text":"Have you liked it?"},{"start":47.65,"end":47.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":47.77,"end":47.95,"text":"You have?"},{"start":47.97,"end":48.07,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":48.09,"end":48.89,"text":"Yeah, but that's why I got a bias in it."},{"start":48.91,"end":49.83,"text":"How effective do you appear in prison?"},{"start":57.56,"end":59.24,"text":"I know you were here."},{"start":59.26,"end":59.67,"text":"I know you are."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald A. Harley to recognize Harley's twenty-five years of service. During this brief encounter, the President presented Harley with a gift and briefly discussed his professional tenure. The meeting concluded after a formal photograph was taken to commemorate the occasion.","topics":["Ronald A. Harley","Service recognition","White House staff","Presidential gift","Commemorative photography"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:08:59.519Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-a-harley","service-recognition","white-house-staff","presidential-gift","commemorative-photography"],"audioDurationSec":69,"audioFiles":[{"file":"531-011.mp3","bytes":2756232,"durationSec":68.76,"bitrate":320666,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.009Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/531-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/531-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/531/conversation-531-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}