{"conversationCode":"563-012","tapeNumber":563,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-563-012","startDateTime":"1971-08-13T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-13T18:28:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:23 PM","endDate":"13-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 563-012 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. 563-12\n\nDate: August 13, 1971\n\fTime: 2:23 pm - unknown before 2:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Unknown item\n     President's schedule\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n           -Possible meeting with unknown person\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:28 pm.","filename":["563-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:14:31","tapeEnd":"03:19:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"563-011","nextCode":"563-013","transcript":[{"start":8.82,"end":22.38,"text":"I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to do it."},{"start":22.4,"end":23.12,"text":"I don't know how I'm going to do it."},{"start":30.74,"end":33.85,"text":"."},{"start":33.87,"end":34.84,"text":"."},{"start":34.86,"end":42.54,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical arrangements for the President’s upcoming schedule. The discussion centered on managing Nixon's time and movement between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building. They specifically deliberated on the potential scheduling of a private meeting with an unidentified individual.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Executive Office Building","Logistics","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:48:41.503Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","executive-office-building","logistics","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"563-012.mp3","bytes":1871199,"durationSec":46.63,"bitrate":321015,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/563-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/563-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/563/conversation-563-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}