{"conversationCode":"555-004","tapeNumber":555,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-555-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-05T17:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-05T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"5-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 555-4\n\nDate: August 5, 1971\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Congressional Half Hour\n           -Previous meeting\n                 -Photographer\n                      -Maurice H. Stans\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.","filename":["555-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:55","tapeEnd":"00:52:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"555-003","nextCode":"555-005","transcript":[{"start":4.81,"end":27.45,"text":"Mr. President, Senate voter, I can't do this now."},{"start":27.47,"end":27.57,"text":"Good."},{"start":27.59,"end":29.03,"text":"You can hold us in Senate if this is an important mission at our events."},{"start":29.05,"end":30.98,"text":"We're going to go out and see if we can do all this, except for the ones involving the Senators."},{"start":31,"end":31.14,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.16,"end":31.3,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.32,"end":31.46,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.48,"end":31.62,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.64,"end":31.78,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.8,"end":31.94,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":31.96,"end":32.1,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.12,"end":32.26,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.28,"end":32.42,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.44,"end":32.58,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.6,"end":32.74,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.76,"end":32.9,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":32.92,"end":33.06,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":35.28,"end":38.74,"text":"Let's go."},{"start":38.76,"end":39.98,"text":"You don't get this."},{"start":40,"end":40.98,"text":"I don't want to talk to you."},{"start":41.01,"end":43.03,"text":"I think I'll have to steal it then."},{"start":43.05,"end":43.55,"text":"All right, I understand."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and manage logistical priorities. The discussion centered on adjusting congressional engagements and handling specific meeting requests, including a prior appointment involving Maurice H. Stans. The exchange concluded with the President directing Butterfield to proceed with these administrative arrangements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Congressional relations","Alexander P. Butterfield","Administrative coordination","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:37:10.542Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","congressional-relations","alexander-p-butterfield","administrative-coordination","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"555-004.mp3","bytes":1940163,"durationSec":48.37,"bitrate":320879,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/555-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/555-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/555/conversation-555-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}