{"conversationCode":"568-008","tapeNumber":568,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-568-008","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T19:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T19:57:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:56 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 9, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 3:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 568-008 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. 568-8\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: 3:56 pm - 3:57 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Butterfield's schedule\n          -John B. Connally\n\nHaldeman and Butterfield left at 3:57 pm.","filename":["568-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:13","tapeEnd":"01:01:36","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"568-007","nextCode":"568-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":26.48,"text":"Not giving me much time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to discuss adjustments to the scheduling of Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The discussion centered on the constraints imposed by a tight timeline regarding the President's upcoming engagements. No further substantive policy issues were addressed before the participants concluded their meeting.","topics":["John B. Connally","Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","H. R. Haldeman","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:53:54.889Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","h-r-haldeman","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"568-008.mp3","bytes":1895232,"durationSec":47.23,"bitrate":320999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/568-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/568-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/568/conversation-568-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}