{"conversationCode":"631-009","tapeNumber":631,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-631-009","startDateTime":"1971-12-07T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-07T23:28:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Dec-1971","startTime":"6:10 PM","endDate":"7-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 631-009 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. 631-009\nDate: December 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 6:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\nThe President's schedule\n-Photographs\n-White House social aides\n-Upcoming White House dinner\n-Guest list\n-W. Averell Harriman\n-Nelson A. Rockefeller\n-Joseph M. Margiotta\n-Meredith Willson\n-William W. Keeler\n-W. Clement Stone\n-A. Pollard Simons\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:28 pm.","filename":["631-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:39:00","tapeEnd":"03:51:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"631-008","nextCode":"631-010","transcript":[{"start":15.83,"end":19.97,"text":"Sir, did I tell you earlier that, uh, I want to take another picture with Sergeant Davis this afternoon?"},{"start":19.99,"end":20.39,"text":"What's the matter?"},{"start":20.45,"end":28.78,"text":"Do you want to look at that guest list and tell me anything, or shall we just... What guest list?"},{"start":28.8,"end":32.34,"text":"Well, the guest list for tonight."},{"start":32.42,"end":36.2,"text":"Do you want to see any people in particular?"},{"start":36.23,"end":38.57,"text":"That's it."},{"start":45.98,"end":72.66,"text":"Well, for example, you've got to be sure you get Ron Paul over to see you."},{"start":76.56,"end":76.9,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":155.08,"end":157.22,"text":"No, this is what he asked me to see, sir."},{"start":218.99,"end":222.17,"text":"I've got people with it."},{"start":222.21,"end":222.35,"text":"Yes."},{"start":222.51,"end":223.09,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":223.23,"end":226.48,"text":"It's a great thing to keep."},{"start":229.16,"end":231.72,"text":"It's sunny on New York."},{"start":264.61,"end":265.16,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate logistics for an upcoming White House dinner and manage the President's schedule. The discussion focused on reviewing the guest list, which included prominent figures such as W. Averell Harriman and Nelson A. Rockefeller, and ensuring specific individuals like Ron Paul were accommodated. Nixon also requested an additional photograph session with Sergeant Davis to conclude his daily activities.","topics":["White House social events","Guest list management","Presidential scheduling","Photography","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:24:28.729Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","guest-list-management","presidential-scheduling","photography","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":270,"audioFiles":[{"file":"631-009.mp3","bytes":10807167,"durationSec":270.03,"bitrate":320177,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/631-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/631-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/631/conversation-631-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}