{"conversationCode":"251-022","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-022","startDateTime":"1971-04-29T13:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-29T13:50:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:48 AM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:48 am to 9:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-022 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. 251-22\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: 9:48 am - 9:50 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     Schedule\n          -John B. Connally’s possible announcement\n\nButterfield left at 9:50 am","filename":["251-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:21:35","tapeEnd":"02:22:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"251-021","nextCode":"251-023","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":2.02,"text":"I don't know, Secretary."},{"start":2.04,"end":4.99,"text":"I'm not sure it's... Who wants to announce this?"},{"start":5.09,"end":5.51,"text":"It's just..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss the logistics and timing regarding a potential public announcement by Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The brief discussion focused on evaluating the strategic implications of the proposed announcement and determining who would be responsible for initiating it. No formal consensus was reached during this short interaction before Butterfield departed.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House scheduling","Treasury Department","Public announcements","Administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:45:52.297Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-scheduling","treasury-department","public-announcements","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-022.mp3","bytes":387448,"durationSec":9.54,"bitrate":324950,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}