{"conversationCode":"605-007","tapeNumber":605,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-605-007","startDateTime":"1971-10-28T14:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-28T14:48:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:47 AM","endDate":"28-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 10:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-007 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. 605-7\n\nDate: October 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:47 am and 10:48 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 10:48 am.","filename":["605-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:54","tapeEnd":"01:07:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"605-006","nextCode":"605-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.22,"text":"What's that?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to discuss scheduling matters. The brief encounter focused on administrative arrangements for the President's calendar. No substantive policy decisions were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","Alexander Butterfield","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:35:55.183Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","alexander-butterfield","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"605-007.mp3","bytes":782416,"durationSec":19.42,"bitrate":322303,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/605-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/605-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/605/conversation-605-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}