{"conversationCode":"634-001","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-001","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-001 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. 634-1\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Tax bill\n               -Passage\n          -Wilbur D. Mills\n               -Possible call\n               -Schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:38 pm.","filename":["634-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:06","tapeEnd":"00:10:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"633-011","nextCode":"634-002","transcript":[{"start":4.79,"end":14.64,"text":"He's able to be held in 15 minutes, but I hear him right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on the legislative progress of a pending tax bill. Nixon discussed the necessity of contacting Representative Wilbur D. Mills to secure the bill's passage. Butterfield was tasked with facilitating the communication and managing the timing of this engagement.","topics":["tax legislation","White House scheduling","Wilbur D. Mills","legislative strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:27:08.844Z"},"topicSlugs":["tax-legislation","white-house-scheduling","wilbur-d-mills","legislative-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-001.mp3","bytes":698824,"durationSec":17.33,"bitrate":322537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}