{"conversationCode":"285-032","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-032","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T18:47:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:43 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Atkins, Oliver F. (\"Ollie\"); Acker, Marjorie P.;","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Oliver F. (\"Ollie\") Atkins, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-032 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. 285-032\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: 2:43 pm - 2:47 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n               -Atkins\n                      -Newsweek\n\nMarjorie P. Acker entered at 2:44 pm.\n\n     Picture taking\n\n     Speech draft\n\nButterfield left at 2:45 pm.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nAcker left at 2:46 pm.\n\nAtkins left at 2:47 pm.","filename":["285-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:28:43","tapeEnd":"03:31:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Atkins, Oliver F. (\"Ollie\")","Acker, Marjorie P."],"prevCode":"285-031","nextCode":"285-033","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":15.41,"text":"And Zicker, I'd like Ollie to take about 15 seconds of pictures of you just working on a speech tonight."},{"start":16.76,"end":19.34,"text":"It's for the lead-in story for Newsweek."},{"start":19.36,"end":20.02,"text":"Ollie's right here."},{"start":20.04,"end":23.03,"text":"Take about three candid shots quickly."},{"start":23.05,"end":26.93,"text":"It'll be the lead photo for the lead-in story on the news too."},{"start":42.76,"end":69.06,"text":"Five seconds to finish this off."},{"start":69.08,"end":69.4,"text":"Just quick, out."},{"start":69.42,"end":69.8,"text":"Miley, right ahead."},{"start":69.82,"end":70.22,"text":"That's the... Miley."},{"start":71.02,"end":78.8,"text":"If you should watch this thing a lot, I think, or any of our students today."},{"start":78.81,"end":79.82,"text":"I think we're almost at the end here."},{"start":91.36,"end":101.41,"text":"You all home now?"},{"start":101.43,"end":110.58,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":110.61,"end":110.73,"text":"Heart?"},{"start":110.75,"end":113.89,"text":"Alright."},{"start":139.79,"end":142.48,"text":"Not dead enough?"},{"start":143.57,"end":143.67,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield, Oliver Atkins, and Marjorie Acker to coordinate a photo opportunity intended for a Newsweek feature story. Nixon directed Atkins to capture candid images of him working on a speech to serve as the lead photograph for the upcoming press coverage. The brief meeting concluded once the necessary arrangements for the portrait session were finalized.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Newsweek","Public relations","Photography","Media strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:29:00.636Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","newsweek","public-relations","photography","media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":148,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-032.mp3","bytes":5920199,"durationSec":147.86,"bitrate":320315,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.146Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}