{"conversationCode":"572-009","tapeNumber":572,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-572-009","startDateTime":"1971-09-14T18:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-14T19:01:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:57 PM","endDate":"14-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 572-009 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. 572-9\n\nDate: September 14, 1971\nTime: 2:57 pm - 3:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Pictures\n\f             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's notes\n             -Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.\n             -Rose Mary Woods\n             -Julie Eisenhower\n                   -Choice of picture\n\nButterfield left at 3:01 pm.","filename":["572-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:25","tapeEnd":"02:04:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"572-008","nextCode":"572-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.22,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":13.89,"end":16.63,"text":"Were you able to get the word on the purchase?"},{"start":16.65,"end":19.73,"text":"We spent, what we did, we spent a lot of time and went over the whole thing."},{"start":19.75,"end":21.13,"text":"Yeah, I knew they should look at it."},{"start":21.15,"end":23.04,"text":"Yeah, and then, I'm sure we made the notes on it and so forth."},{"start":23.06,"end":26.36,"text":"Those may be the ones, but I don't copy what's not there."},{"start":26.38,"end":27.34,"text":"So, you may have told her, but it wasn't Rose's."},{"start":27.36,"end":28.66,"text":"Rose, we had some of hers were picked somewhere, so I don't know."},{"start":28.68,"end":29.3,"text":"Okay, I'll make it very clear."},{"start":29.32,"end":29.9,"text":"Just call it, you'll hear it."},{"start":29.88,"end":37.52,"text":"She'll remember because she sat there and looked at the hole in it."},{"start":37.54,"end":37.64,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.66,"end":38.02,"text":"It's pretty clear."},{"start":38.04,"end":40.44,"text":"It says RX-1 and RX-11."},{"start":40.46,"end":41.98,"text":"It doesn't mark the others at all?"},{"start":42,"end":42.06,"text":"No."},{"start":42.08,"end":45.85,"text":"Well, that's not correct."},{"start":46.18,"end":57.56,"text":"Well, he hasn't."},{"start":58.7,"end":61.77,"text":"He hasn't had the information."},{"start":61.79,"end":62.49,"text":"No, you just, I don't want to know."},{"start":62.51,"end":63.71,"text":"Just be sure that whatever Julie found, just follow through."},{"start":63.73,"end":64.41,"text":"And take the ones that she picked."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield discuss the selection and acquisition of specific photographs, referencing notes provided by Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The conversation centers on clarifying which photos have been designated for purchase versus those previously handled by Rose Mary Woods. Nixon instructs Butterfield to ensure that the specific selections made by his daughter are prioritized and finalized.","topics":["Julie Nixon Eisenhower","Rose Mary Woods","Photography","White House administration","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:58:33.751Z"},"topicSlugs":["julie-nixon-eisenhower","rose-mary-woods","photography","white-house-administration","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"572-009.mp3","bytes":2740558,"durationSec":68.37,"bitrate":320688,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:02.543Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/572-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/572-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/572/conversation-572-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}