{"conversationCode":"278-047","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-047","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:33 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:33 am to 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-047 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. 278-47\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 10:33 am - 10:34 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-36]","filename":["278-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:18","tapeEnd":"02:03:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"278-046","nextCode":"278-048","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":1.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.69,"end":2.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.81,"end":10.62,"text":"What have you arranged with regard to the medals for this family in Indiana?"},{"start":10.64,"end":11.94,"text":"Do they have any?"},{"start":12.02,"end":12.22,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.26,"end":13.61,"text":"Well, don't bother."},{"start":14.05,"end":14.65,"text":"Just bother."},{"start":14.81,"end":17.43,"text":"Get silver contacts for the two wives."},{"start":17.47,"end":19.95,"text":"Get cufflinks for the three men."},{"start":20.01,"end":23.64,"text":"Get a little tie bars for the boys."},{"start":23.68,"end":25.88,"text":"And charms for the girls."},{"start":27.56,"end":28.54,"text":"That's all you need."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed Alexander P. Butterfield to arrange specific gifts for a family in Indiana. He instructed Butterfield to procure silver cufflinks for the three men, tie bars for the boys, charms for the girls, and silver contacts for the two wives. This meeting served as a brief administrative directive to ensure appropriate tokens were prepared for the family.","topics":["Gift procurement","Presidential correspondence","White House administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:59:13.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["gift-procurement","presidential-correspondence","white-house-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-047.mp3","bytes":1153358,"durationSec":28.68,"bitrate":321689,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}