{"conversationCode":"619-006","tapeNumber":619,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-619-006","startDateTime":"1971-11-16T13:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-16T14:50:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:07 AM","endDate":"16-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Butterfield, Alexander P.; United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On November 16, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-006 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. 619-6\n\nDate: November 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:07 am and 9:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield met with unknown people [Secret Service agents].\n\n**************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\npartially opened. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and was\nreviewed under deed of gift 02/11/2019. 22s segment cleared for release. 5s remain closed as\n619-006-w001.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[619-006-w001]\n[Duration: 5s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWAN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Unintelligible]\n[619-006-w001]\n[Duration: 22s]\n\n     Change tape\n         -Alexander Butterfield\n\n**************************************************************************\n\nButterfield and the unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 9:50\nam.","filename":["619-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:38:15","tapeEnd":"00:39:17","participantsList":["Butterfield, Alexander P.","United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"619-005","nextCode":"619-007","transcript":[{"start":6.98,"end":19.71,"text":"Yeah, he, uh, he apologized to me."},{"start":19.73,"end":20.17,"text":"He didn't change much."},{"start":20.19,"end":20.69,"text":"I know he didn't like me."},{"start":20.71,"end":22.09,"text":"I don't know if he said he had to, but he was down here a lot longer."},{"start":22.11,"end":23.36,"text":"And I suppose you heard what he was going through, didn't you?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Alexander P. Butterfield met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to facilitate a technical maintenance task, specifically the changing of a recording tape. The brief exchange includes cryptic remarks regarding an unnamed individual's past behavior, professional grievances, and personal animosity. The primary purpose of the meeting was the physical operation of the White House taping system.","topics":["White House taping system","Alexander P. Butterfield","Secret Service","Technical operations","Oval Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:58:12.573Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-taping-system","alexander-p-butterfield","secret-service","technical-operations","oval-office"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"619-006.mp3","bytes":1109473,"durationSec":27.61,"bitrate":321469,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/619-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/619-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/619/conversation-619-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}