{"conversationCode":"559-007","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-007","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T15:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T15:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"11:54 AM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:59 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 11:54 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-007 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. 559-007\n\nDate: August 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Gifts\n                  -Prime Minister Lon Nol\n                       -Exchange with the President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:59 am.","filename":["559-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:56","tapeEnd":"01:11:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"559-006","nextCode":"559-008","transcript":[{"start":11.69,"end":34.02,"text":"This is just something, I promise, that we want you to ."},{"start":34.04,"end":34.42,"text":"Well, here you are."},{"start":34.44,"end":34.72,"text":"I don't know ."},{"start":34.74,"end":35,"text":"That's right."},{"start":35.02,"end":35.4,"text":"See, there wasn't ."},{"start":35.42,"end":35.64,"text":"You get it."},{"start":35.96,"end":43.07,"text":"Yes, we gave him a clock and then flowers for his wife."},{"start":43.09,"end":50.47,"text":"And he gave you a silver urn and a gold ruby necklace."},{"start":50.49,"end":51.03,"text":"And this is, this is music."},{"start":51.05,"end":52.01,"text":"Ruby plus photo of me and his wife."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met to review the exchange of diplomatic gifts between the President and Prime Minister Lon Nol of Cambodia. The discussion centered on the specific items presented, including a clock and flowers given by the White House, and a silver urn and gold ruby necklace received in return. This meeting served as a procedural wrap-up of the gift-giving protocols associated with the Prime Minister's visit.","topics":["Diplomatic gifts","Lon Nol","White House protocol","Cambodia","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:43:14.029Z"},"topicSlugs":["diplomatic-gifts","lon-nol","white-house-protocol","cambodia","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-007.mp3","bytes":2801664,"durationSec":69.94,"bitrate":320483,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}