{"conversationCode":"280-009","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-009","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T15:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:15 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:15 am to 11:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-009 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. 280-9\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: 11:15 am - 11:16 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Changes\n          -Time\n          -Helicopter pad\n\nButterfield left at 11:16 am.","filename":["280-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:28:57","tapeEnd":"01:29:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"280-008","nextCode":"280-010","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":15.13,"text":"In other words, I won't need it to get Alex in and get on the helicopter."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate adjustments to his official schedule and travel logistics. The discussion focused specifically on the timing and operational requirements for accessing the helicopter pad. This brief interaction served to finalize travel arrangements necessitated by changes to the President's upcoming itinerary.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Helicopter logistics","Executive transport","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:07:34.704Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","helicopter-logistics","executive-transport","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-009.mp3","bytes":830485,"durationSec":20.63,"bitrate":322020,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}