{"conversationCode":"620-009","tapeNumber":620,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-620-009","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T15:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-17T15:47:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:42 AM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 10:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 620-009 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. 620-009\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown after 10:42 am until 10:47 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Military Appropriations Bill\n\n     Press statement\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nButterfield left at 10:47 am.","filename":["620-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:55:03","tapeEnd":"01:55:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"620-008","nextCode":"620-010","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":10.29,"text":"This is a military corporation."},{"start":10.31,"end":10.77,"text":"Okay, how many seconds?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the strategic handling of a pending military appropriations bill. The pair coordinated the release of a formal press statement to be issued by Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler regarding the legislation. This brief consultation focused on aligning the administration's messaging concerning the bill's advancement.","topics":["Military appropriations","Press relations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Legislative strategy","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:01:23.128Z"},"topicSlugs":["military-appropriations","press-relations","ronald-l-ziegler","legislative-strategy","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"620-009.mp3","bytes":1860766,"durationSec":46.37,"bitrate":321042,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/620-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/620-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/620/conversation-620-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}