{"conversationCode":"559-022","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-022","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T19:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T19:21:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"3:19 PM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"3:21 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 3:19 pm and 3:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-022 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. 559-022\n\nDate: August 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:19 and 3:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Thomas R. Shepard, Jr.\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 3:21 pm.","filename":["559-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:25:42","tapeEnd":"03:26:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"559-021","nextCode":"559-023","transcript":[{"start":8.44,"end":9.76,"text":"All right, now get it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative matters concerning the President's daily schedule. Specifically, the discussion centered on coordinating a meeting with Thomas R. Shepard, Jr. The brief exchange served to finalize these scheduling arrangements for the President's calendar.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Thomas R. Shepard Jr.","White House administration","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:44:37.549Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","thomas-r-shepard-jr","white-house-administration","alexander-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-022.mp3","bytes":505856,"durationSec":12.52,"bitrate":323191,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:00.850Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}