{"conversationCode":"587-010","tapeNumber":587,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-587-010","startDateTime":"1971-10-08T16:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-08T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"8-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 587-010 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. 587-10\n\nDate: October 8, 1971\nTime: 12:28 pm - 12:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:28 pm.\n\n     Briefing that morning\n           -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe\n                 -South portico\n                      -College students\n\nThe President, et al. left at 12:30 pm.","filename":["587-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:37:55","tapeEnd":"02:39:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"587-009","nextCode":"587-011","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":23.38,"text":"I mean, that's, uh, that's a really good thing to see, isn't it?"},{"start":23.4,"end":23.46,"text":"Oh!"},{"start":23.48,"end":23.72,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":23.74,"end":24.26,"text":"Let's have that out there."},{"start":24.28,"end":24.84,"text":"Well, it's, it's all set up."},{"start":24.86,"end":25.29,"text":"Is this the next one?"},{"start":25.3,"end":25.75,"text":"I don't know, I guess."},{"start":25.77,"end":26.19,"text":"I think it should be."},{"start":26.21,"end":26.69,"text":"I guess, I'm sure it is."},{"start":26.71,"end":26.97,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":29.48,"end":50.91,"text":"Mr. President, there's been a briefing this morning on Dr. Jaffe and the 65 college presidents."},{"start":50.93,"end":51.81,"text":"They're assembled over by the South Portico."},{"start":51.83,"end":52.57,"text":"We'll watch you before you come down."},{"start":52.59,"end":53.13,"text":"Mr. O'Brien, wait a minute."},{"start":53.15,"end":53.65,"text":"I don't want to stop you."},{"start":53.67,"end":55.01,"text":"I'm not going to stop you because otherwise you're going to see me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics for a scheduled appearance with college presidents. Butterfield provided a briefing regarding an event involving Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe and the students assembled at the South Portico. The participants finalized the sequence of movements to ensure the President was positioned to observe the group before his formal arrival.","topics":["Presidential schedule","College students","Jerome H. Jaffe","White House logistics","Public appearances"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:15:27.723Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","college-students","jerome-h-jaffe","white-house-logistics","public-appearances"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"587-010.mp3","bytes":2350807,"durationSec":58.63,"bitrate":320784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","transcriptGapSeconds":45,"transcriptGapShare":0.76,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/587-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/587-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/587/conversation-587-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}