{"conversationCode":"627-013","tapeNumber":627,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-627-013","startDateTime":"1971-12-01T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-01T18:17:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:15 PM","endDate":"1-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 627-013 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. 627-13\n\nDate: December 1, 1971\nTime: 1:15 pm - 1:17 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Schedule\n\nButterfield left at 1:17 pm.","filename":["627-013-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:34:59","tapeEnd":"02:41:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"627-012","nextCode":"627-014","tapeTranscriptFile":"627a.mp3,627b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":9429.76,"end":9430.08,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":9430.12,"end":9433.93,"text":"Do you know what I mean?"},{"start":9433.97,"end":9434.07,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":9434.11,"end":9434.89,"text":"Do you know what I mean?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9317.375,"end":9619.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief meeting in the Oval Office to address administrative or scheduling logistics. The discussion remains largely unintelligible due to poor audio quality, providing no substantive record of policy decisions. Consequently, the meeting resulted in no documented outcomes or formal action items.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential Scheduling","Administrative Procedures","White House Tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:18:32.473Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedures","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":374,"audioFiles":[{"file":"627-013-splice.mp3","bytes":8984704,"durationSec":374.33,"bitrate":192014,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:07.216Z","originalFilename":["627a.mp3","627b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["627a.mp3"],"cutStart":6336.17,"cutEnd":6710.5,"adjustedStart":6336.17,"adjustedEnd":6710.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:07.216Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/627-013-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/627-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/627/conversation-627-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}