{"conversationCode":"634-018","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-018","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T22:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T22:57:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:54 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:57 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 5:54 pm and 5:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-018 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. 634-18\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:54 pm and 5:57 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Veto message\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 5:57 pm.","filename":["634-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:06:04","tapeEnd":"03:07:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"634-017","nextCode":"634-019","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":2.82,"text":"Anytime nice to meet you right here, sir."},{"start":2.84,"end":4.75,"text":"Take care of the rest of the crew."},{"start":4.76,"end":5.19,"text":"Oh, I'll wait."},{"start":5.41,"end":5.75,"text":"I'm waiting."},{"start":5.77,"end":6.69,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative details regarding the President's schedule. Their discussion focused specifically on the processing and handling of a pending veto message. The brief exchange served as a logistical update to ensure staff were prepared to execute the required documentation.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Veto message","White House administration","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:28:46.221Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","veto-message","white-house-administration","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-018.mp3","bytes":350873,"durationSec":8.63,"bitrate":325202,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-018","catalogNaId":417180305,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180305","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}