{"conversationCode":"274-008","tapeNumber":274,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-274-008","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T18:54:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:49 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On August 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 2:49 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 274-8\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:49 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Unknown persons’ arrival\n          -William L. Safire\n          -Forthcoming meeting at State Department\n                -Departure\n                      -Arthur F. Burns\n                      -George P. Shultz\n          -Speech drafts\n                -Safire\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.","filename":["274a.mp3","274b.mp3","274c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:12:58","tapeEnd":"00:14:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"274-007","nextCode":"274-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"274a.mp3,274b.mp3,274c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":788.31,"end":788.63,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":788.69,"end":790.44,"text":"Right over the place of Rachi."},{"start":790.62,"end":791.18,"text":"I'll wait here."},{"start":791.2,"end":794.6,"text":"Excuse me, if I can get some of the spec letters."},{"start":794.76,"end":797.1,"text":"This is just what's taking place right now."},{"start":797.16,"end":797.3,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":797.32,"end":797.4,"text":"Fine."},{"start":797.62,"end":800.56,"text":"If you'd like to wait here, then... Yeah."},{"start":800.58,"end":804.77,"text":"We're going to meet right from here, this time."},{"start":804.81,"end":805.01,"text":"All right."},{"start":805.09,"end":806.25,"text":"Shelton."},{"start":806.31,"end":809.13,"text":"Shelton, you're running with these."},{"start":809.19,"end":811.31,"text":"You want to set up our app, both of these?"},{"start":811.33,"end":812.69,"text":"Yeah, he's got to work on those."},{"start":812.93,"end":813.21,"text":"All right, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":780.25,"end":842.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics regarding his immediate schedule and upcoming engagements. The discussion centered on managing arrivals for a meeting at the State Department, specifically involving Arthur F. Burns and George P. Shultz, as well as the status of speech drafts being prepared by William L. Safire. Butterfield was tasked with overseeing these appointments and ensuring the necessary materials were ready for the President's review.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Alexander P. Butterfield","Speechwriting","Arthur F. Burns","George P. Shultz","William L. Safire"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:43:22.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","alexander-p-butterfield","speechwriting","arthur-f-burns","george-p-shultz","william-l-safire"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"274a.mp3","bytes":117426885,"durationSec":7339.1,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"274b.mp3","bytes":117699812,"durationSec":7356.16,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"274c.mp3","bytes":70238039,"durationSec":4389.8,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/274c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/274/conversation-274-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}