{"conversationCode":"543-007","tapeNumber":543,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-543-007","startDateTime":"1971-07-22T22:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-22T22:25:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1971","startTime":"6:20 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1971","endTime":"6:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-007 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. 543-7\n\nDate: July 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Alexander P. Butterfield?].\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Items to be signed\n\nThe unknown man [Butterfield?] left at an unknown time before 6:25 pm.","filename":["543-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:00:58","tapeEnd":"02:01:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"543-006","nextCode":"543-008","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":9.65,"text":"Oh, thank you, sir."},{"start":9.68,"end":10.7,"text":"Before you go to sleep tonight, get up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize administrative tasks regarding his official schedule. The discussion centered on the review and signing of pending executive documents. The meeting concluded briefly with the President providing final instructions for the evening's workflow.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","Executive documentation","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:26:14.712Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","executive-documentation","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"543-007.mp3","bytes":675836,"durationSec":16.75,"bitrate":322799,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/543-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/543-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/543/conversation-543-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}