{"conversationCode":"576-001","tapeNumber":576,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-576-001","startDateTime":"1971-09-18T13:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-18T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:57 AM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator;","description":"On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:57 am to 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 576-001 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. 576-001\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: 9:57 am - 9:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\nThe President spoke with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell\n\n     Items for the President's signature\n\nButterfield left at 9:59 am.","filename":["576-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:25","tapeEnd":"00:05:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"575-007","nextCode":"576-002","transcript":[{"start":22.69,"end":43.18,"text":"uh... uh..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative tasks and facilitate communication with his staff. During the brief session, the President requested a phone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. Additionally, the meeting served to process various documents requiring the President’s signature.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Administrative support","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:01:39.967Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","administrative-support","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"576-001.mp3","bytes":2137312,"durationSec":53.3,"bitrate":320791,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:03.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/576-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/576-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/576/conversation-576-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}