{"conversationCode":"280-021","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-021","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:31 PM","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 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-021 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. 280-21\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: 3:30 pm - 3:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Cabinet meeting, September 24, 1971\n          -John B. Connally\n               -Statement on US position\n          -The President's forthcoming call to Connally\n          -Discussion\n          -Meeting\n               -Length\n\nButterfield left at 3:31 pm.","filename":["280-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:44:05","tapeEnd":"02:44:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"280-020","nextCode":"280-022","transcript":[{"start":4.9,"end":5.32,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.22,"end":7.2,"text":"Quick question on Kevin."},{"start":7.24,"end":10.9,"text":"Do you want John Connery to take charge and get his statement on the U.S. position?"},{"start":10.92,"end":13.93,"text":"Short discussion and that's all."},{"start":17.15,"end":17.91,"text":"I'll call on him."},{"start":25.28,"end":29.97,"text":"I saw his, he said he don't, he couldn't, he won't take 10 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield coordinate the agenda for an upcoming Cabinet meeting scheduled for September 24, 1971. They specifically discuss Secretary of the Treasury John Connally’s role, agreeing that Connally should provide a brief statement regarding the U.S. economic position. The President decides to personally contact Connally to ensure the presentation remains concise, limiting the discussion to ten minutes.","topics":["Cabinet meeting","John Connally","economic policy","agenda planning","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:08:40.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-meeting","john-b-connally","economic-policy","agenda-planning","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-021.mp3","bytes":1605799,"durationSec":40.01,"bitrate":321057,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","transcriptCleaned":{"captions":1},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-021","catalogNaId":417184535,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417184535","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}