{"conversationCode":"570-012","tapeNumber":570,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-570-012","startDateTime":"1971-09-13T14:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-13T14:44:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:42 AM","endDate":"13-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 570-012 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. 570-12\n\nDate: September 13, 1971\nTime: 10:42 am - 10:44 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Robert J. Dole\n                -Time of meeting\n\nButterfield left at 10:44 am.","filename":["570-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:12:26","tapeEnd":"03:14:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"570-011","nextCode":"571-001","transcript":[{"start":5.77,"end":30.37,"text":"Do you want to sit down and sleep out a little bit?"},{"start":30.39,"end":30.69,"text":"No, we're good."},{"start":30.71,"end":31.89,"text":"Okay, well, I haven't put him back up in a couple of weeks."},{"start":31.91,"end":32.62,"text":"So, uh... All right, on the system."},{"start":32.64,"end":32.88,"text":"In a second."},{"start":32.9,"end":33.1,"text":"I'm dirty."},{"start":33.12,"end":33.22,"text":"Good."},{"start":33.24,"end":34,"text":"I'll go ahead and punch you some more."},{"start":34.02,"end":34.26,"text":"Two days."},{"start":34.28,"end":34.46,"text":"Two days?"},{"start":34.48,"end":34.6,"text":"Do it."},{"start":34.62,"end":34.78,"text":"Do it."},{"start":34.84,"end":34.9,"text":"No."},{"start":36.02,"end":43.54,"text":"Why don't you say it?"},{"start":43.56,"end":43.8,"text":"I'm curious."},{"start":43.83,"end":44.13,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":44.15,"end":44.35,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to briefly coordinate administrative scheduling matters regarding a meeting with Senator Robert J. Dole. The conversation focused on the timing of this appointment and the management of the President's upcoming schedule. Butterfield confirmed he would finalize the necessary arrangements for the meeting.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Robert J. Dole","White House operations","Administrative planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:56:40.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","robert-j-dole","white-house-operations","administrative-planning"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"570-012.mp3","bytes":2125109,"durationSec":52.98,"bitrate":320876,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/570-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/570-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/570/conversation-570-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}