{"conversationCode":"557-005","tapeNumber":557,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-557-005","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:04:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:02 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 557-005 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. 557-005\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: 12:02 pm - 12:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with George P. Shultz.\n\n[See Conversation No. 7-78]\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:03 pm.\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Cyclemates II\n\nThe President and Butterfield left at 12:04 pm.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["557-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:09:20","tapeEnd":"03:10:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Shultz, George P.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"557-004","nextCode":"557-006","transcript":[{"start":7.95,"end":22.04,"text":"Or did you get any dog in order to leave here?"},{"start":22.06,"end":22.4,"text":"Okay, hold tight."},{"start":22.42,"end":22.92,"text":"Hey, jerk, I'll call you."},{"start":22.94,"end":23.56,"text":"Jerk, I'll call you right back."},{"start":23.58,"end":24.32,"text":"I gotta go see if the bicycle's here."},{"start":24.34,"end":24.5,"text":"Damn it."},{"start":24.52,"end":25.1,"text":"You're gonna call me on this?"},{"start":25.12,"end":25.59,"text":"Well, there's this boy."},{"start":25.61,"end":25.83,"text":"I know him."},{"start":25.85,"end":26.43,"text":"I wanted to see him right up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, George Shultz, and Alexander Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President's schedule. The conversation focused on the arrival of a bicycle and the necessity of follow-up communication. The participants concluded the meeting quickly to attend to these immediate administrative tasks.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Logistics","Oval Office operations","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:40:58.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","logistics","oval-office-operations","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"557-005.mp3","bytes":1484800,"durationSec":37.02,"bitrate":320883,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:00.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/557-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/557-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/557/conversation-557-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}