{"conversationCode":"579-004","tapeNumber":579,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-579-004","startDateTime":"1971-09-28T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-28T17:41:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"28-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 579-004 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. 579-4\n\nDate: September 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Letter\n\n     [Handwriting]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -John [D. Ehrlichman?]\n               -Bill\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 1:41 pm","filename":["579-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:09:21","tapeEnd":"02:11:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"579-003","nextCode":"579-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":21.57,"text":"This is going to be what John called me on the street."},{"start":21.6,"end":22.06,"text":"Tell us what you think."},{"start":22.08,"end":22.24,"text":"Tell me."},{"start":22.26,"end":22.92,"text":"Yeah, I'll tell you what I think."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield meet briefly to discuss a scheduling matter involving John Ehrlichman. The discussion centers on a specific communication or piece of correspondence, referred to as a \"letter,\" and potential upcoming appointments. The participants conclude by exchanging brief thoughts on how to proceed with these administrative arrangements.","topics":["President's schedule","John Ehrlichman","Administrative correspondence","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:06:25.895Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidents-schedule","john-ehrlichman","administrative-correspondence","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"579-004.mp3","bytes":1473093,"durationSec":36.69,"bitrate":321174,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/579-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/579-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/579/conversation-579-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}