{"conversationCode":"571-002","tapeNumber":571,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-571-002","startDateTime":"1971-09-11T17:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-11T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:38 PM","endDate":"11-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 571-002 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. 571-2\n\nDate: September 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Upcoming meeting\n               -List of participants\n                      -Duration\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm.","filename":["571-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:37:57","tapeEnd":"01:39:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"571-001","nextCode":"571-003","transcript":[{"start":6.63,"end":12.89,"text":"They, uh, they take a hold of the center of the ground."},{"start":12.91,"end":13.74,"text":"See the cameras."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details for an upcoming meeting. The discussion focused on establishing the guest list of participants and finalizing the expected duration of the session. These administrative arrangements were intended to maintain the efficiency of the President's schedule.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Meeting logistics","Alexander Butterfield","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:56:52.394Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","meeting-logistics","alexander-butterfield","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"571-002.mp3","bytes":1231722,"durationSec":30.66,"bitrate":321369,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/571-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/571-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/571/conversation-571-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}