{"conversationCode":"556-007","tapeNumber":556,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-556-007","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 556-007 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. 556-7\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     The President's schedule\n          -Briefcase\n                -Materials for signing\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.","filename":["556a.mp3","556b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:38","tapeEnd":"01:49:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"556-006","nextCode":"556-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"556a.mp3,556b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6531.55,"end":6532.15,"text":"Mae hynny'n cael ei ddefnyddio."},{"start":6532.19,"end":6532.89,"text":"Mae hynny'n cael ei ddefnyddio."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6518,"end":6571,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield in the Oval Office to review the President’s daily schedule and prepare necessary documentation. The discussion focused on organizing materials intended for signature, specifically referencing the contents of the President's briefcase. This brief administrative consultation served to finalize the President's immediate operational agenda.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","Briefcase materials","Executive workflow"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:39:18.190Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","briefcase-materials","executive-workflow"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"556a.mp3","bytes":176335306,"durationSec":7347.23,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"556b.mp3","bytes":31200861,"durationSec":1299.97,"bitrate":192009,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/556a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/556b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/556-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/556/conversation-556-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}