{"conversationCode":"637-014","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-014","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:06:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:04 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-014 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. 637-14\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: 12:04 pm - 12:06 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nButterfield left at 12:06 pm.","filename":["637-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:10:15","tapeEnd":"02:10:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"637-013","nextCode":"637-015","transcript":[{"start":9.04,"end":10.23,"text":"I got it."},{"start":10.45,"end":11.89,"text":"I got it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief encounter served to finalize the President's daily agenda and ensure the scheduling of his national security briefing. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this exchange, which focused exclusively on administrative calendar management.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","Alexander Butterfield","White House operations","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:33:20.449Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","alexander-butterfield","white-house-operations","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-014.mp3","bytes":201782,"durationSec":19.76,"bitrate":81696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}