{"conversationCode":"298-018","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-018","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 298-018 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. 298-18\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\f     Earl L. Butz [?]\n           -Background\n\n     -Instruction","filename":["298-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:24","tapeEnd":"02:19:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"298-017","nextCode":"298-019","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":11.14,"text":"Uh, just one year."},{"start":13.65,"end":17.18,"text":"Uh, now, uh, get him home."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief discussion regarding the background and potential appointment of Earl L. Butz. During the meeting, Nixon provided instructions to finalize the selection process, emphasizing the need to bring the candidate to the White House. This interaction served to coordinate the final arrangements for securing Butz's confirmation.","topics":["Earl L. Butz","Cabinet appointments","White House personnel","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:58:43.891Z"},"topicSlugs":["earl-l-butz","cabinet-appointments","white-house-personnel","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-018.mp3","bytes":784525,"durationSec":19.49,"bitrate":322076,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}