{"conversationCode":"559-014","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-014","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:33 pm. 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(“Ollie”) Atkins\n           -Bill signing\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:33\npm.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Conversation No. 559-14A]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Agriculture bill\n                 -John D. Ehrlichman\n           -Council of Economic Advisers [CEA]\n           -Bill\n                 -George P. Shultz, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.\n           -Peter M. Flanigan\n           -Harvey\n                 -Tour\n                       -Dent\n                       -West wing\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Thomas R. Shepard, Jr.\n\nButterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 2:33 pm.","filename":["559-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:04","tapeEnd":"02:45:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"559-013","nextCode":"559-015","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":21.31,"text":"Mr. President, the Apple market and the radio are kind of tickers me."},{"start":21.33,"end":21.99,"text":"It's kind of a two-word question."},{"start":22.01,"end":25.63,"text":"And I heard that when the, when I was studying, all the items I was trying to take, nothing substitute, nothing on the record, just in and out, could be delivered about a half hour."},{"start":25.65,"end":26.64,"text":"In a half hour, we could do it now in 30 seconds."},{"start":26.66,"end":27.46,"text":"Or we could, I don't know, I don't know."},{"start":29.36,"end":55.07,"text":"He's here right now."},{"start":55.09,"end":55.37,"text":"He takes time."},{"start":55.39,"end":55.67,"text":"He takes time."},{"start":56.17,"end":81.65,"text":"What I did in the back while you were working through the door here."},{"start":81.67,"end":82.13,"text":"Do they have that bill?"},{"start":82.15,"end":83.47,"text":"You know, there's an appropriation bill we've got to decide today."},{"start":83.49,"end":83.81,"text":"Do they have it?"},{"start":83.83,"end":84.17,"text":"Or whoever it is."},{"start":92.91,"end":117.15,"text":"I don't know what the score is."},{"start":117.17,"end":118.09,"text":"I've got to get this meeting with the council."},{"start":118.11,"end":118.37,"text":"I mean, yeah."},{"start":118.39,"end":119.31,"text":"I mean, it's not, it just, you know, relapsed."},{"start":119.33,"end":119.97,"text":"I mean, I mean, it is a therapy."},{"start":119.99,"end":121.39,"text":"So is this, what is this, what is this, what is this, that goes about?"},{"start":121.41,"end":121.73,"text":"Maybe that's it."},{"start":121.75,"end":122.72,"text":"Well, that'll probably be in an hour later then."},{"start":123.98,"end":153.23,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":153.25,"end":153.31,"text":"No."},{"start":159.26,"end":179.47,"text":"Just had to wait a while."},{"start":179.49,"end":180.65,"text":"I'm gonna be about 10 minutes here in a couple of minutes."},{"start":180.67,"end":181.01,"text":"He's outside now."},{"start":181.03,"end":181.38,"text":"He's an American."},{"start":181.4,"end":182.06,"text":"And he's had the tour over there."},{"start":182.08,"end":183.96,"text":"I don't know whether he's been over to the house yet, but he's having a tour of the West Wing."},{"start":183.98,"end":186.32,"text":"If you find out if he had, say if he didn't come back, I can get him just before 3, a little better than I do, right?"},{"start":186.34,"end":187.06,"text":"And I'll be glad that he'll come in."},{"start":187.08,"end":187.82,"text":"But if not, I'll go around right now."},{"start":187.84,"end":188.54,"text":"Yeah, well, Captain, see you later."},{"start":200.68,"end":205.37,"text":"I'm sure you'll be able to see what I'm talking about before I leave this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage pending administrative tasks. Key discussions centered on the timeline for an urgent appropriations bill and the logistics of a White House tour for broadcaster Paul Harvey. Nixon sought to streamline these appointments to accommodate upcoming meetings with the Council of Economic Advisers and other staff members.","topics":["White House Schedule","Appropriations Bill","Paul Harvey","West Wing Tours","Presidential Appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:43:52.874Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-schedule","appropriations-bill","paul-harvey","west-wing-tours","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":217,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-014.mp3","bytes":8677376,"durationSec":216.83,"bitrate":320157,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:00.847Z","transcriptGapSeconds":146,"transcriptGapShare":0.67,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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