{"conversationCode":"637-015","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-015","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:22:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-015 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. 637-15\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:22 pm.","filename":["637-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:10:55","tapeEnd":"02:11:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"637-014","nextCode":"637-016","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":5.01,"text":"It's only about eight minutes, and that's all we've got."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate and finalize the logistics of the President's upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on time management and ensuring the brief window of available time was utilized efficiently. No major policy decisions were reached, as the primary objective was administrative synchronization of the President's immediate agenda.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Time management","White House administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:33:26.013Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","time-management","white-house-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-015.mp3","bytes":310138,"durationSec":7.62,"bitrate":325548,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}