{"conversationCode":"559-002","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-002","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T12:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T13:11:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"8:52 AM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:11 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:11 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-002 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. 559-002\n\nDate: August 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:11 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:11 am.\n","filename":["559-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:31","tapeEnd":"00:07:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"559-001","nextCode":"559-003","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":7.56,"text":"Mr. President, thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":7.58,"end":8.14,"text":"It will be nice to meet you."},{"start":8.16,"end":8.79,"text":"Nice to see you in return, sir."},{"start":8.8,"end":9.11,"text":"No, how was it?"},{"start":9.13,"end":9.47,"text":"It was very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative logistics regarding Henry Kissinger's schedule. The brief discussion served to align the President's priorities with the National Security Advisor's upcoming appointments. No major policy decisions were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House scheduling","Alexander Butterfield","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:42:44.988Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-scheduling","alexander-p-butterfield","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-002.mp3","bytes":411648,"durationSec":10.17,"bitrate":323908,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:00.843Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-002","catalogNaId":417178799,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417178799","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}