{"conversationCode":"531-014","tapeNumber":531,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-531-014","startDateTime":"1971-06-28T20:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-28T21:07:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jun-1971","startTime":"4:56 PM","endDate":"28-Jun-1971","endTime":"5:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-014 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. 531-14\n\nDate: June 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:56 pm and 5:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Terry McGinnity\n                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 5:07 pm.","filename":["531-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:31:20","tapeEnd":"00:33:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"531-013","nextCode":"531-015","transcript":[{"start":2.16,"end":23.9,"text":"And if I know what you're not going to take from my life, because I know that we've made it in the nonsense of time for people, I don't want to see it."},{"start":23.92,"end":24.48,"text":"That's why I want to see it."},{"start":24.5,"end":25.06,"text":"I want to see it either way."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss adjustments and logistical details regarding the President's upcoming daily schedule. The conversation focused on coordination with staff members H.R. Haldeman and Terry McGinnity. The participants reached an understanding on the handling of schedule-related materials to ensure the President maintained control over his appointments.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","H.R. Haldeman","Staff coordination","Executive administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:09:16.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","h-r-haldeman","staff-coordination","executive-administration"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"531-014.mp3","bytes":1323677,"durationSec":32.95,"bitrate":321373,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/531-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/531-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/531/conversation-531-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}