{"conversationCode":"606-001","tapeNumber":606,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-606-001","startDateTime":"1971-10-28T17:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-28T19:03:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"28-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:03 PM","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 1:48 pm and 3:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 606-001 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. 606-1\n\nDate: October 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 3:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n\n     Forthcoming State dinner\n          -Entertainment\n               -Recording\n               -Constance M. Stuart\n               -Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -Photograph opportunity\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 3:03 pm.","filename":["606-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:15","tapeEnd":"00:04:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"605-012","nextCode":"606-002","transcript":[{"start":2.16,"end":30.66,"text":"Hey, Steve."},{"start":56.24,"end":77.91,"text":"Is there any objection to putting a sound on the films and I can just entertain them?"},{"start":77.93,"end":79.03,"text":"We do it at 50 or 60% and stay there to entertain them."},{"start":79.05,"end":79.45,"text":"No, I don't want to."},{"start":79.47,"end":79.85,"text":"You do not want to."},{"start":79.87,"end":80.29,"text":"I'm sure he wants it."},{"start":80.31,"end":80.73,"text":"I'm sure he wants it."},{"start":80.75,"end":81.39,"text":"What do you think of the middle?"},{"start":81.42,"end":83.2,"text":"Why don't you pay for your introduction and the entertainment for your thanks at the end?"},{"start":83.22,"end":84.66,"text":"You know, how you've done that the past two or three minutes at the end."},{"start":84.68,"end":85.32,"text":"Two or three minutes at the end."},{"start":85.81,"end":103.13,"text":"They filmed her brushing off her, just like they did."},{"start":103.15,"end":105.47,"text":"And I'm going to de-fax some of that."},{"start":105.49,"end":110.32,"text":"So, Parker, you know, she's not all that."},{"start":110.34,"end":110.94,"text":"I don't think she's that good."},{"start":110.96,"end":111.56,"text":"I don't think she's that good."},{"start":111.58,"end":112.26,"text":"I don't think she's that good."},{"start":112.28,"end":112.88,"text":"I don't think she's that good."},{"start":112.9,"end":113.52,"text":"I don't think she's that good."},{"start":113.54,"end":114.14,"text":"I don't think she's that good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield discuss the logistical arrangements and entertainment choices for an upcoming State dinner. The conversation focuses on the technical aspects of film presentation and the duration of performance segments, with the President providing specific feedback on the proposed format. Nixon also critiques the quality of a specific entertainer, ultimately deciding against the inclusion of certain background sound options for the films.","topics":["State dinner","Event planning","White House entertainment","Presidential scheduling","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:36:28.769Z"},"topicSlugs":["state-dinner","event-planning","white-house-entertainment","presidential-scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":116,"audioFiles":[{"file":"606-001.mp3","bytes":4643314,"durationSec":115.95,"bitrate":320375,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","transcriptGapSeconds":67,"transcriptGapShare":0.58,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/606-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/606-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/606/conversation-606-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}