{"conversationCode":"535-001","tapeNumber":535,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-535-001","startDateTime":"1971-07-02T13:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-02T13:04:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"2-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 9:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-001 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. 535-1\n\nDate: July 2, 1971\nTime: 9:00 am - 9:04 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Source of schedule recommendation\n               -Volunteer organization's official\n               -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.\n               -Congressmen, Senators\n\nButterfield left at 9:04 am","filename":["535-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:38","tapeEnd":"00:10:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"534-014","nextCode":"535-002","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.61,"text":"I was wondering how this Peru was picked up today."},{"start":5.62,"end":12.78,"text":"The reason I wonder is that I don't see the head of the volunteer on here."},{"start":12.8,"end":13.26,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":13.6,"end":19.55,"text":"Did they think who picked it out?"},{"start":22.79,"end":26.27,"text":"Did we pick it out or did the monster fighters or the students, the original skeleton of the list?"},{"start":26.29,"end":28.14,"text":"All we had was losing events, but we were primarily interested in any groups or centers."},{"start":28.16,"end":32.5,"text":"What I must have really regretted is I showed you the list of eight that we might have held and held all of the similar activities."},{"start":32.52,"end":35.19,"text":"There must be one more hundred working on it."},{"start":35.6,"end":45.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":45.66,"end":45.78,"text":"I see."},{"start":45.8,"end":45.92,"text":"I see."},{"start":45.94,"end":46.42,"text":"That's why they're here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to review the selection process for the President's upcoming official schedule, specifically regarding the inclusion of volunteer organizations. Nixon expressed concern over the omission of a volunteer group leader from the current list and sought clarification on the origins of the scheduling recommendations. The two discussed the vetting process for event participants, with Butterfield confirming the involvement of various groups in developing the activity roster.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Volunteer organizations","White House operations","Event planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:14:57.510Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","volunteer-organizations","white-house-operations","event-planning"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"535-001.mp3","bytes":2219154,"durationSec":55.35,"bitrate":320749,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/535-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/535-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/535/conversation-535-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}