{"conversationCode":"578-007","tapeNumber":578,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-578-007","startDateTime":"1971-09-24T16:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-24T16:07:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:05 PM","endDate":"24-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 578-007 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. 578-7\n\nDate: September 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:05 and 12:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nPresident met with Alexander Butterfield.\n\n     President's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:07 pm.","filename":["578-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:13","tapeEnd":"02:57:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"578-006","nextCode":"578-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.89,"text":"I'm sure I'll ever have someone in the system."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield in the Oval Office to conduct a brief review of the President's upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on logistical coordination and the management of administrative appointments. No major policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","Alexander Butterfield","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:05:22.215Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","alexander-butterfield","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"578-007.mp3","bytes":323705,"durationSec":7.96,"bitrate":325411,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/578-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/578-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/578/conversation-578-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}