{"conversationCode":"559-017","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-017","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:38:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:37 PM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","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 2:37 pm and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-017 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. 559-017\n\nDate: August 10, 1971\nTime: 2:37 pm - unknown before 2:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -George P. Shultz\n           -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.\n           -Paul Harvey\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:38 pm.","filename":["559-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:49:04","tapeEnd":"02:49:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"559-016","nextCode":"559-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":20.36,"text":"over here."},{"start":20.38,"end":20.74,"text":"Yeah, what about ."},{"start":20.76,"end":21.5,"text":"Was he coming, was he planning to go?"},{"start":21.52,"end":22.65,"text":"He's still, he's going through the residence, that's it."},{"start":22.67,"end":23.45,"text":"And they just bring him in now and out."},{"start":23.47,"end":24.59,"text":"Is he still out here, is he on his way to the residence?"},{"start":24.61,"end":24.71,"text":"Okay."},{"start":24.73,"end":25.95,"text":"And he knows that he can come back and fight with his troops."},{"start":25.97,"end":26.07,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield coordinate the logistics and movement of a visitor through the White House residence. The brief exchange focuses on ensuring the individual’s arrival and departure are managed discreetly, including confirming the visitor's awareness of their schedule. The discussion concludes with procedural instructions regarding the guest's path through the executive complex.","topics":["White House logistics","Visitor management","Presidential schedule","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:44:09.404Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","visitor-management","presidential-schedule","alexander-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-017.mp3","bytes":1101824,"durationSec":27.42,"bitrate":321499,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:00.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}