{"conversationCode":"298-016","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-016","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-016 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. 298-16\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Earl L. Butz\n           -Background\n                -Farm ownership and operation\n                     -Duration\n\n     Request for a return call","filename":["298-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:18:06","tapeEnd":"02:19:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"298-015","nextCode":"298-017","transcript":[{"start":8.06,"end":12.49,"text":"This fall, uh, it's been about 200, I believe, five, four months."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding the professional background of Earl L. Butz. The discussion focused specifically on the duration of Butz’s experience with farm ownership and operations. The conversation concluded with the President requesting a follow-up phone call to confirm these details.","topics":["Earl L. Butz","Agriculture policy","Presidential appointments","Cabinet vetting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:58:32.417Z"},"topicSlugs":["earl-l-butz","agriculture-policy","presidential-appointments","cabinet-vetting"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-016.mp3","bytes":581815,"durationSec":14.4,"bitrate":323205,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}