{"conversationCode":"279-046","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-046","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 22, 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 6:51 pm and 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-046 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. 279-46\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Question and answer session [Detroit Economic Club, September 23, 1971]\n          -John B. Connally\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.","filename":["279-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:46:01","tapeEnd":"03:46:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"279-045","nextCode":"279-047","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":2.4,"text":"Good security at one time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate preparations for the President's upcoming question-and-answer session at the Detroit Economic Club. The discussion specifically focused on the involvement of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally in the event. No major policy shifts were recorded, as the brief exchange was limited to logistical planning for the following day's engagement.","topics":["Detroit Economic Club","John B. Connally","Presidential scheduling","Public relations","Economic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:00.902Z"},"topicSlugs":["detroit-economic-club","john-b-connally","presidential-scheduling","public-relations","economic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-046.mp3","bytes":311187,"durationSec":7.65,"bitrate":325413,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}