{"conversationCode":"602-008","tapeNumber":602,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-602-008","startDateTime":"1971-10-26T16:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-26T16:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:19 PM","endDate":"26-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-008 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. 602-8\n\nDate: October 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:20 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\f     The President's schedule\n          -12:20 appointment\n          -Arrangements\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.","filename":["602-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:19","tapeEnd":"02:43:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"602-007","nextCode":"602-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.81,"text":"These people, two of them are married to brother-in-law, which wasn't on the program, but I told them."},{"start":10.83,"end":11.32,"text":"That's perfect, I agree."},{"start":11.34,"end":11.44,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":11.46,"end":11.84,"text":"This is a stand-up."},{"start":11.86,"end":12.24,"text":"This is a stand-up."},{"start":12.26,"end":13.26,"text":"Just talk for ten minutes because it's ten people."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met briefly to finalize logistical arrangements for an upcoming ten-person appointment. The discussion focused on confirming the format of the meeting, specifically establishing that it would be a brief, ten-minute 'stand-up' engagement. They also clarified the identities and personal relationships of the expected attendees to ensure the President was properly briefed.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Oval Office operations","Meeting logistics","Briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:33:21.479Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","oval-office-operations","meeting-logistics","briefing"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"602-008.mp3","bytes":534775,"durationSec":13.23,"bitrate":323405,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/602-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/602-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/602/conversation-602-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}