{"conversationCode":"599-003","tapeNumber":599,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-599-003","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:52:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:50 AM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-003 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. 599-3\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: 8:50 am - 8:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Imelda Marcos\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n          -State Department\n                -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.\n\nButterfield left at 8:52 pm.\n                                               3\n\n                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. 10/06)","filename":["599-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:13:49","tapeEnd":"00:15:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"599-002","nextCode":"599-004","transcript":[{"start":1.84,"end":13.84,"text":"Do tell whoever brings in ."},{"start":13.86,"end":15.96,"text":"That's not ."},{"start":15.98,"end":16.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.18,"end":19.06,"text":"She's been a lot of ."},{"start":19.08,"end":19.59,"text":"She's developed it."},{"start":19.61,"end":20.19,"text":"She just needs to squeeze it."},{"start":20.21,"end":20.89,"text":"OK, sir."},{"start":20.91,"end":21.89,"text":"We're aware of it."},{"start":21.91,"end":22.17,"text":"And now, hey."},{"start":22.19,"end":22.27,"text":"Hey."},{"start":22.29,"end":23.91,"text":"Well, get the State Department person like that Mossback or something."},{"start":23.93,"end":24.29,"text":"He's developed it."},{"start":24.31,"end":25.05,"text":"Sorry."},{"start":25.29,"end":26.2,"text":"We can't do it tonight."},{"start":26.34,"end":29.4,"text":"I don't want to get involved."},{"start":29.42,"end":29.48,"text":"OK."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule and manage interactions with high-profile visitors. The discussion focused on the logistics of meetings involving Imelda Marcos and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Nixon specifically instructed Butterfield to involve the State Department, specifically Emil Mosbacher, regarding matters involving Marcos while expressing his desire to avoid direct personal involvement in certain sensitive logistical details.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Imelda Marcos","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Emil Mosbacher","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:27:41.151Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","imelda-marcos","alexander-m-haig-jr","emil-mosbacher","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"599-003.mp3","bytes":1241088,"durationSec":30.95,"bitrate":320805,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/599-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/599/conversation-599-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}