{"conversationCode":"540-010","tapeNumber":540,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-540-010","startDateTime":"1971-07-20T17:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-20T17:25:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1971","startTime":"1:21 PM","endDate":"20-Jul-1971","endTime":"1:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-010 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. 540-10\n\nDate: July 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown after 1:21 pm and 1:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Group of African athletes\n               -Tour of the White House\n                      -Henry C. Cashen, II, Charles W. Colson, H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n          -Chairman of fundraising effort\n          -Athletes\n\nButterfield left at 1:25 pm.","filename":["540-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:22:10","tapeEnd":"03:24:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"540-009","nextCode":"540-011","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":26.08,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":26.1,"end":26.72,"text":"Is that, is that, is that okay?"},{"start":26.74,"end":26.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.86,"end":26.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.98,"end":27.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.1,"end":27.2,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.22,"end":27.32,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.5,"end":42.2,"text":"We've got 47."},{"start":42.22,"end":51.95,"text":"They're doing two of us and two to three."},{"start":51.97,"end":52.75,"text":"And Colson."},{"start":57.17,"end":83.92,"text":"I don't think I'm going to do it."},{"start":83.94,"end":84.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":84.06,"end":84.16,"text":"Okay."},{"start":85.84,"end":99.06,"text":"A lot of people ask me about this now."},{"start":99.08,"end":99.69,"text":"I'll just let them know later."},{"start":99.71,"end":101.51,"text":"Forget it, but Long's did accept the job this year with a fundraising dinner or something."},{"start":101.53,"end":101.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":101.65,"end":101.75,"text":"Sure."},{"start":101.77,"end":101.87,"text":"Sure."},{"start":101.89,"end":102.47,"text":"Well, I'll call him sometime."},{"start":102.49,"end":102.85,"text":"Okay, that's good."},{"start":102.87,"end":103.07,"text":"Good deal."},{"start":117.99,"end":127.37,"text":"But I'll be out of the office if you don't break it."},{"start":127.39,"end":127.73,"text":"All right, ma'am."},{"start":127.75,"end":128.01,"text":"You heard me."},{"start":128.03,"end":128.67,"text":"Yeah, Tom, I am better than him."},{"start":128.69,"end":129.75,"text":"I just didn't see my office for the rest of the hour."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the logistics and staffing for an upcoming White House visit by a group of African athletes. The discussion included the participation of key aides, such as Henry Cashen, Charles Colson, and H.R. Haldeman, as well as the involvement of the official photographer, Ollie Atkins. Additionally, the President briefly touched upon fundraising efforts and the potential scheduling of a follow-up call with a political supporter.","topics":["White House scheduling","African athletes","Public relations","Fundraising","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:23:08.622Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","african-athletes","public-relations","fundraising","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":134,"audioFiles":[{"file":"540-010.mp3","bytes":5383105,"durationSec":134.44,"bitrate":320318,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.008Z","transcriptGapSeconds":52,"transcriptGapShare":0.39,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/540-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/540-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/540/conversation-540-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}