{"conversationCode":"590-005","tapeNumber":590,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-590-005","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T16:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:14 PM","endDate":"13-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 590-005 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. 590-5\n\nDate: October 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:16 pm.","filename":["590-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:24:24","tapeEnd":"03:25:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"590-004","nextCode":"590-006","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.04,"text":"No, I'll be fine."},{"start":34.52,"end":54.07,"text":"All right, ladies and gentlemen, this group, as you see on the screen, is a new group."},{"start":54.09,"end":54.57,"text":"We're all in this group."},{"start":54.59,"end":55.19,"text":"You see the people I'm seeing."},{"start":55.21,"end":56.41,"text":"I know most of you here are really interested in this group."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief meeting in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming daily agenda. The discussion focused on managing the President's schedule and the logistics of his appearances before specific groups. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:18:24.650Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"590-005.mp3","bytes":2544114,"durationSec":63.47,"bitrate":320647,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/590-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/590-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/590/conversation-590-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}