{"conversationCode":"245-014","tapeNumber":245,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-245-014","startDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:21:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:19 AM","endDate":"6-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:19 am to 11:21 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 245-014\n\nDate: April 6, 1971\nTime: 11:19 am - 11:21 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-17]","filename":["245-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:07:15","tapeEnd":"02:23:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"245-013","nextCode":"245-015","transcript":[{"start":4.69,"end":28.28,"text":"Now, a quick check on the, uh, later tonight."},{"start":28.3,"end":29.46,"text":"Uh, my understanding is that, uh, that we come down alone."},{"start":31.37,"end":31.87,"text":"We don't, we don't drink."},{"start":31.89,"end":32.29,"text":"We don't understand."},{"start":32.31,"end":32.41,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":32.43,"end":32.59,"text":"Come on."},{"start":32.61,"end":32.81,"text":"All right."},{"start":32.83,"end":33.11,"text":"We'll do that."},{"start":33.13,"end":33.29,"text":"Come on."},{"start":33.31,"end":33.85,"text":"I mean, he's hurting a lot."},{"start":33.87,"end":34.13,"text":"Good evening."},{"start":34.15,"end":34.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":34.27,"end":34.61,"text":"At the end."},{"start":35.74,"end":40.22,"text":"And he responds."},{"start":40.24,"end":40.36,"text":"Good."},{"start":41.21,"end":58.69,"text":"Because, you see, the applicants didn't respond, and I wanted to be sure that he had the right to respond."},{"start":58.71,"end":58.83,"text":"Right."},{"start":58.85,"end":60.35,"text":"And then after that, we just go in and make a little crowd for a half hour."},{"start":60.37,"end":60.49,"text":"Right."},{"start":60.51,"end":60.63,"text":"Great."},{"start":60.65,"end":61.31,"text":"And there's music and so forth."},{"start":61.33,"end":61.59,"text":"Quite a time."},{"start":70.72,"end":76.9,"text":"Great, great."},{"start":76.92,"end":77.16,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":77.18,"end":77.71,"text":"I just wanted to show you."},{"start":77.73,"end":77.93,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the logistics for an upcoming evening social event. The discussion focuses on the President's desire to maintain a sober, low-key appearance while ensuring a specific guest receives an opportunity to respond to previous comments. They finalize plans for a brief public appearance involving music and a crowd to conclude the engagement.","topics":["Logistics","Social events","Public appearances","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:31:11.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","social-events","public-appearances","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":78,"audioFiles":[{"file":"245-014.mp3","bytes":3120901,"durationSec":77.89,"bitrate":320524,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:10.260Z","transcriptGapSeconds":41,"transcriptGapShare":0.53,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/245-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/245-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/245/conversation-245-014","catalogNaId":417183245,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417183245","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}