{"conversationCode":"556-006","tapeNumber":556,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-556-006","startDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:06:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:02 PM","endDate":"6-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 556-006 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. 556-6\n\nDate: August 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting\n                -[Signing ceremony of the report of the Council on Environment Quality]\n                      -Attendees\n                           -Number\n                           -John C. Whitaker\n                           -Press\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.","filename":["556-006-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:30","tapeEnd":"01:48:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"556-005","nextCode":"556-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"556a.mp3,556b.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":6450,"end":6518,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review the logistics of an upcoming signing ceremony for the Council on Environmental Quality report. They discussed the expected attendance, including John C. Whitaker, and the management of press involvement for the event. This discussion served to finalize the President's schedule and administrative preparations for the ceremony.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Council on Environmental Quality","John C. Whitaker","Press relations","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:39:12.264Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","council-on-environmental-quality","john-c-whitaker","press-relations","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"556-006-splice.mp3","bytes":1704690,"durationSec":71,"bitrate":192075,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:55.978Z","originalFilename":["556a.mp3","556b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["556a.mp3"],"cutStart":6448.5,"cutEnd":6519.5,"adjustedStart":6448.5,"adjustedEnd":6519.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:55.978Z"},"transcript":[{"start":6472.61,"end":6472.81,"text":"Oh, yeah."}],"transcriptConfidence":"high","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/556-006-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/556-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/556/conversation-556-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}