{"conversationCode":"539-002","tapeNumber":539,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-539-002","startDateTime":"1971-07-19T14:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-19T14:13:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1971","startTime":"10:11 AM","endDate":"19-Jul-1971","endTime":"10:13 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 539-002 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. 539-2\n\nDate: July 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:13 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?] met with Alexander P. Butterfield [?]\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time after 10:11 am\n\n     White House furnishings\n\nThe President, et al. left at an unknown time before 10:13 am","filename":["539a.mp3","539b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:20","tapeEnd":"00:10:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"539-001","nextCode":"539-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"539a.mp3,539b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":618.8,"end":619.74,"text":"Recover the chairs, please, ma'am."},{"start":619.76,"end":632.74,"text":"Uh, well, that would be a good question, whether you follow up, and if you don't understand, though, I felt contacted at the time, so I suppose I would recommend we not."},{"start":632.82,"end":637.44,"text":"First of all, you have a lot of sub-captain here, and secondly, I'm a theater one-by-one citizen."},{"start":637.6,"end":639.62,"text":"I mean, where they can play a double-digit total."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":587.25,"end":649.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield convened in the Oval Office to address administrative details regarding White House interior maintenance. The participants briefly discussed the specific logistical task of refurbishing and reupholstering chairs within the executive office. The discussion concluded with a directive to proceed with the requested furniture maintenance.","topics":["White House","Interior design","Furniture","Oval Office","Administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:20:59.117Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house","interior-design","furniture","oval-office","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":89,"audioFiles":[{"file":"539a.mp3","bytes":176586082,"durationSec":7357.69,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"539b.mp3","bytes":73369390,"durationSec":3056.99,"bitrate":192004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/539a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/539b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/539-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/539/conversation-539-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}