{"conversationCode":"582-001","tapeNumber":582,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-582-001","startDateTime":"1971-09-30T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-30T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:15 PM","endDate":"30-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 2:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 582-001 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. 582-001\n\nDate: September 30, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:22 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Congress\n         -Forthcoming vote\n              -Unknown secretary\n              -Timing\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:22 pm.","filename":["582-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:01","tapeEnd":"00:04:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"581-011","nextCode":"582-002","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.75,"text":"There you go."},{"start":1.76,"end":3.98,"text":"It'll be about 10 minutes till I get you to the boat."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics regarding a forthcoming congressional vote. The discussion centered on scheduling and administrative support involving an unidentified secretary. The meeting concluded with preparations for the President’s imminent departure to a boat.","topics":["Congress","Legislative process","Scheduling","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:10:51.546Z"},"topicSlugs":["congress","legislative-process","scheduling","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"582-001.mp3","bytes":382816,"durationSec":9.44,"bitrate":324312,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:03.975Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/582-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/582-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/582/conversation-582-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}