{"conversationCode":"618-005","tapeNumber":618,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-618-005","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:52:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-005 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. 618-5\n\fDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 3:52 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Stephen B. Bull\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 3:52 pm.","filename":["618-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:27:22","tapeEnd":"00:28:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"618-004","nextCode":"618-006","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":1.33,"text":"Come on, Steve."},{"start":1.51,"end":2.23,"text":"All that's tomorrow."},{"start":3.58,"end":5.67,"text":"Steve."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical adjustments to the President’s daily schedule. The brief discussion primarily focused on the involvement of Stephen B. Bull in managing these upcoming arrangements. The interaction concluded with the President instructing Butterfield to bring Bull in to finalize the scheduling details.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Stephen B. Bull","White House logistics","Administration management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:54:35.567Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","stephen-b-bull","white-house-logistics","administration-management"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"618-005.mp3","bytes":255787,"durationSec":6.26,"bitrate":326777,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/618-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/618/conversation-618-005","catalogNaId":417179687,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179687","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}