{"conversationCode":"297-015","tapeNumber":297,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-297-015","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T15:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T15:06:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:03 AM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:06 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:03 am to 10:06 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-015 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. 297-15\n\nDate: November 12, 1971\nTime: 10:03 am - 10:06 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       Charles W. Colson\n            -Statistics\n\n       Briefing paper\n             -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson's previous meeting with the President\n                   -Forward for book\n                        -John K. Andrews, Jr.\n                        -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n       Rose Mary Woods\n            -Delivery of something\n\nButterfield left at 10:06 am.","filename":["297-015-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:21","tapeEnd":"00:31:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"297-014","nextCode":"297-016","tapeTranscriptFile":"297a.mp3,297b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1774.33,"end":1775.81,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":1776.45,"end":1780.09,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":1780.13,"end":1780.81,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."},{"start":1804.46,"end":1805.47,"text":"Rydyn ni wedi'u gwneud."},{"start":1805.53,"end":1806.79,"text":"Rydyn ni wedi eu gwneud."},{"start":1835.05,"end":1853.38,"text":"Cofiwch hynny gyda..."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1761,"end":1863,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss administrative matters and the approval of a foreword for a book associated with Richard Wilson. The President reviewed the document, which had been prepared by John K. Andrews, Jr. and Raymond K. Price, Jr., and provided authorization for it to proceed to the publisher. The brief discussion also touched upon the delivery of materials involving Rose Mary Woods and the review of statistical data from Charles W. Colson.","topics":["Richard Wilson","Book publishing","Administrative procedures","Rose Mary Woods","Charles W. Colson","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:54:10.591Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-wilson","book-publishing","administrative-procedures","rose-mary-woods","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":105,"audioFiles":[{"file":"297-015-splice.mp3","bytes":1680658,"durationSec":105.01,"bitrate":128035,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:36.646Z","originalFilename":["297a.mp3","297b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["297a.mp3"],"cutStart":1759.5,"cutEnd":1864.5,"adjustedStart":1759.5,"adjustedEnd":1864.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:36.646Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":10,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:08:17.852Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/297-015-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/297/conversation-297-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}