{"conversationCode":"250-022","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-022","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T22:30:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-022 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. 250-22\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Alexander P. Butterfield?]\n\n     President’s meeting with newspaper editors\n\n     Herbert G. Klein\n\nThe unknown man [Butterfield?] left at an unknown time before 5:30 pm","filename":["250-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:23","tapeEnd":"03:53:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"250-021","nextCode":"250-023","transcript":[{"start":2.34,"end":5.04,"text":"I don't believe there's any matter at all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics regarding an upcoming meeting with newspaper editors. The discussion focused on the role of Director of Communications Herbert G. Klein in managing these press relations. The participants evaluated the necessity of formal procedures for the event, ultimately determining that no further action was required at that time.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","Herbert G. Klein","Press relations","Newspaper editors","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:42:43.973Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","herbert-g-klein","press-relations","newspaper-editors","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-022.mp3","bytes":223271,"durationSec":5.44,"bitrate":328535,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}