{"conversationCode":"638-007","tapeNumber":638,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-638-007","startDateTime":"1971-12-15T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-15T16:52:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:51 AM","endDate":"15-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On December 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:51 am to 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 638-007 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. 638-007\n\nDate: December 15, 1971\nTime: 11:51 am - 11:52 am\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     President's schedule\n           -Forthcoming meeting\n\nButterfield left at 11:52 am.","filename":["638-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:27","tapeEnd":"03:04:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"638-006","nextCode":"638-008","transcript":[{"start":9.48,"end":9.7,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield to review the logistics of the President's upcoming schedule. The brief discussion focused on finalizing arrangements for a forthcoming meeting. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this session.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Alexander Butterfield","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:34:25.590Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","alexander-butterfield","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"638-007.mp3","bytes":392669,"durationSec":9.68,"bitrate":324405,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/638-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/638-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/638/conversation-638-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}