{"conversationCode":"631-010","tapeNumber":631,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-631-010","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 631-010 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. 631-010\n\nDate: December 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 6:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield [?]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:28 pm.","filename":["631-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:51:19","tapeEnd":"03:52:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"631-009","nextCode":"631-011","transcript":[{"start":6.03,"end":9.04,"text":"And then, please, the minister is still here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics and adjustments to the President's upcoming schedule. The brief conversation also involved coordination regarding Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No major policy decisions were reached during this administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","Ronald L. Ziegler","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:24:34.360Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","ronald-l-ziegler","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"631-010.mp3","bytes":507607,"durationSec":12.55,"bitrate":323680,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.361Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:10.442Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/631-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/631-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/631/conversation-631-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}