{"conversationCode":"599-004","tapeNumber":599,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-599-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:59:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:58 AM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:59 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 8:58 am to 8:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-004 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. 599-004\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: 8:58 am - 8:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield [?]\n\n      Dinner arrangements\n           -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.\n\nButterfield [?] left at 8:59 am.","filename":["599-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:15:51","tapeEnd":"00:17:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"599-003","nextCode":"599-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.54,"text":"I'm sorry, sir."},{"start":7.56,"end":7.76,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate social planning for an upcoming White House event. The brief discussion focused on dinner arrangements involving Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr. No major policy decisions were made during this logistical exchange.","topics":["White House social events","Emil Mosbacher","Logistics","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:27:46.496Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","emil-mosbacher","logistics","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"599-004.mp3","bytes":339968,"durationSec":8.38,"bitrate":324637,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/599-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/599/conversation-599-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}