{"conversationCode":"015-046","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-046","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T22:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T22:58:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:57 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 5:57 pm to 5:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-046 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 15-46\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 5:57 pm - 5:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Items for signature\n          -Oval Office","filename":["015-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:01:31","tapeEnd":"01:01:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"015-045","nextCode":"015-047","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":1.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.98,"end":2.26,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.88,"end":4.66,"text":"Did you say you had something to sign?"},{"start":4.94,"end":7.61,"text":"I've got a number of things, sir, but I didn't want to interrupt you."},{"start":7.63,"end":9.47,"text":"Why don't we get over with right now?"},{"start":9.51,"end":10.35,"text":"Want me just to bring him over?"},{"start":10.59,"end":11.79,"text":"I have to leave now."},{"start":11.91,"end":13.31,"text":"Okay."},{"start":14.81,"end":15.96,"text":"Well, I'll tell you what you can do."},{"start":16.88,"end":18.72,"text":"No, I'll come over to the Oval Office and sign him there."},{"start":18.84,"end":21,"text":"I'll catch him on the way over."},{"start":21.14,"end":21.5,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":21.52,"end":23.3,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the signing of administrative documents that Butterfield had been holding. Due to the President's immediate need to depart, they finalize a plan for Nixon to review and sign the materials in the Oval Office shortly thereafter. Butterfield agrees to facilitate the process by meeting the President while he is en route.","topics":["Oval Office","Administrative procedures","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:15:17.703Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","administrative-procedures","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-046.mp3","bytes":573021,"durationSec":23.8,"bitrate":192629,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}