{"conversationCode":"249-022","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-022","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T22:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T22:07:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-022 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. 249-22\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: 5:05 pm - 5:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting with Robert D. Murphy\n\n     Butterfield’s trip\n\n     Request for materials for President’s signature\n\n     Air Force promotion\n          -Signing\n          -Congratulatory note to unknown person\n     President’s schedule\n          -Meeting\n           -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nButterfield left at 5:07 pm","filename":["249-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:47","tapeEnd":"02:43:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"249-021","nextCode":"249-023","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":3.39,"text":"You asked the governor, do you want that over here?"},{"start":3.41,"end":3.49,"text":"No."},{"start":3.51,"end":5.06,"text":"No, no, I want you to see."},{"start":5.08,"end":7.22,"text":"It goes all back to the right."},{"start":7.28,"end":11.74,"text":"How was the trip?"},{"start":11.86,"end":13.46,"text":"The trip was fine."},{"start":13.58,"end":13.88,"text":"Great."},{"start":14.96,"end":17.49,"text":"Where are you?"},{"start":19.43,"end":20.19,"text":"Air Force Base."},{"start":23.36,"end":27.34,"text":"And then we can just rest it there."},{"start":27.48,"end":27.92,"text":"Sure."},{"start":28.08,"end":28.5,"text":"You want this?"},{"start":28.66,"end":30.78,"text":"I do have some of them."},{"start":30.88,"end":31.36,"text":"All right."},{"start":31.42,"end":32.48,"text":"Take them away."},{"start":32.5,"end":35.01,"text":"I want to get it out of the way."},{"start":35.23,"end":40.69,"text":"You have a lot of them in the fridge, don't you?"},{"start":40.71,"end":42.31,"text":"Yeah, a lot of the stuff is."},{"start":42.33,"end":46.47,"text":"Did you swim in there?"},{"start":46.71,"end":48.63,"text":"Yeah, they have to be sharp."},{"start":48.65,"end":49.75,"text":"Yeah, they have to be sharp."},{"start":89.52,"end":89.7,"text":"R.N."},{"start":89.72,"end":89.82,"text":"R.N."},{"start":117.95,"end":118.31,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to discuss routine administrative matters, including upcoming scheduling for meetings with Robert D. Murphy and Henry A. Kissinger. They reviewed travel updates regarding Butterfield’s recent trip and addressed the processing of pending materials awaiting the President's signature. The discussion concluded with the handling of various documents and a brief confirmation of an Air Force promotion.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Administrative Tasks","Air Force Promotions","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:40:02.899Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","administrative-tasks","air-force-promotions","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":131,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-022.mp3","bytes":5237752,"durationSec":130.8,"bitrate":320363,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}