{"conversationCode":"623-026","tapeNumber":623,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-623-026","startDateTime":"1971-11-23T23:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-23T23:08:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Nov-1971","startTime":"6:07 PM","endDate":"23-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-026 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. 623-026\n\nDate: November 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person [Alexander P. Butterfield?].\n\n     Delivery of something\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:08 pm.","filename":["623-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:23:30","tapeEnd":"06:24:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"623-025","nextCode":"623-027","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":5.96,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to facilitate the delivery of unspecified materials. The brief, one-minute interaction focused solely on this exchange, concluding immediately upon the item's transfer. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief encounter.","topics":["White House logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","Administrative operations","Presidential records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:10:05.749Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","administrative-operations","presidential-records"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"623-026.mp3","bytes":264192,"durationSec":6.48,"bitrate":325999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/623-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/623/conversation-623-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}