{"conversationCode":"291-014","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-014","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:15 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Holifield, Chet;","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Chet Holifield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-014 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. 291-14\n\nDate: October 18, 1971\nTime: 5:15 pm - 5:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n\nThe President talked with Chet Holifield between 5:19 pm and 5:21 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 291-14A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-115]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nButterfield left at 5:20 pm.","filename":["291-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:09","tapeEnd":"01:46:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Holifield, Chet"],"prevCode":"291-013","nextCode":"291-015","transcript":[{"start":3.81,"end":7.69,"text":"All right."},{"start":38.58,"end":55.87,"text":"Hello."},{"start":57.27,"end":57.93,"text":"Hey, Jack."},{"start":58.77,"end":62.36,"text":"I just called to thank you for the fine work you did on that consumer bill."},{"start":63.08,"end":63.84,"text":"That was a very..."},{"start":69.69,"end":71.54,"text":"I don't think we could have done it."},{"start":71.62,"end":72.44,"text":"My voice told me."},{"start":73.76,"end":74.02,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":77.26,"end":88.71,"text":"If you say good person, what do you mean?"},{"start":89.29,"end":91.31,"text":"Well, if you've got any good ideas, let us know."},{"start":91.33,"end":91.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":93.15,"end":96.39,"text":"We're trying to find a good person."},{"start":100.44,"end":100.62,"text":"Right."},{"start":101.92,"end":102.24,"text":"Right."},{"start":102.7,"end":102.82,"text":"Right."},{"start":103.88,"end":104.2,"text":"Well."},{"start":108.52,"end":108.7,"text":"Oh."},{"start":111.46,"end":112.34,"text":"Oh, no one used out here."},{"start":112.36,"end":113.02,"text":"I know."},{"start":113.04,"end":116.16,"text":"I know."},{"start":116.19,"end":123.75,"text":"I know."},{"start":123.93,"end":128.55,"text":"I appreciate it."},{"start":128.69,"end":129.77,"text":"Well, many thanks."},{"start":138.88,"end":141.33,"text":"Okay, well, never mind."},{"start":141.45,"end":142.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with Alexander P. Butterfield regarding scheduling matters before speaking with Congressman Chet Holifield via telephone. During the call, Nixon expressed his personal gratitude to Holifield for his assistance in passing consumer protection legislation. The conversation concluded with a brief discussion concerning the recruitment of a suitable candidate for an unspecified vacancy.","topics":["Consumer protection legislation","Congressional relations","Personnel recruitment","White House scheduling","Chet Holifield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:39:45.588Z"},"topicSlugs":["consumer-protection-legislation","congressional-relations","personnel-recruitment","white-house-scheduling","chet-holifield"],"audioDurationSec":143,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-014.mp3","bytes":5732101,"durationSec":143.17,"bitrate":320290,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}