{"conversationCode":"558-004","tapeNumber":558,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-558-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T20:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"4:29 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 558-004 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. 558-4\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:29 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting\n                 -Photograph session\n          -Paul W. McCracken\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.","filename":["558a.mp3","558b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:31:42","tapeEnd":"01:32:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"558-003","nextCode":"558-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"558a.mp3,558b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5520.56,"end":5522.29,"text":"Listen, this is, this is very short."},{"start":5522.33,"end":5523.31,"text":"We're doing the mess."},{"start":5523.63,"end":5525.51,"text":"We're going to have to take pictures."},{"start":5526.21,"end":5527.55,"text":"And all of that will be planned."},{"start":5527.64,"end":5528.68,"text":"So good, good."},{"start":5528.7,"end":5529.46,"text":"We should be here."},{"start":5529.48,"end":5530.86,"text":"We have a lot of time to be here."},{"start":5530.9,"end":5533.52,"text":"But since I was in the greenhouse..."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5489.125,"end":5545.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence+findingaid"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for an upcoming photograph session in the mess. The discussion focused on scheduling preparations and the necessity of planning the event effectively. The conversation concluded with the President confirming his availability to accommodate these arrangements.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","Alexander Butterfield","Public relations","Oval Office management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:41:33.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","alexander-butterfield","public-relations","oval-office-management"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"558a.mp3","bytes":175974817,"durationSec":7332.23,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"558b.mp3","bytes":139842454,"durationSec":5826.7,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/558a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/558b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/558-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/558/conversation-558-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}