{"conversationCode":"298-036","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-036","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T22:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T23:11:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-036 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. 298-36\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: 5:50 pm - unknown before 6:11 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Lyndon B. and Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson\n               -Visit to Washington, DC\n                      -Blair House\n                      -Worship service\n\f               -Henry A. Kissinger\n                    -Briefing\n          -Camp David\n          -Telephone calls","filename":["298-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:39:45","tapeEnd":"03:41:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"298-035","nextCode":"298-037","transcript":[{"start":1.7,"end":7.53,"text":"Well, President Johnson, you didn't know about that already."},{"start":8.03,"end":10.88,"text":"Where in the hell is this?"},{"start":10.9,"end":11.54,"text":"I know I don't want to..."},{"start":11.56,"end":12.86,"text":"It's all right."},{"start":12.88,"end":13.26,"text":"It's just anything."},{"start":13.28,"end":15.14,"text":"No, I'm just telling you that he's coming in tomorrow."},{"start":21.01,"end":22.01,"text":"They're going to reach Blair State at Blair House."},{"start":22.03,"end":23.04,"text":"They're going to reach Blair State at Blair House."},{"start":31.94,"end":35.93,"text":"I can't do him."},{"start":36.05,"end":48.24,"text":"They're gonna write the date."},{"start":49.46,"end":54.97,"text":"I think they just wrote all the letters."},{"start":56.35,"end":57.69,"text":"He is?"},{"start":59.55,"end":60.43,"text":"Don Henry."},{"start":60.8,"end":66.13,"text":"so that Henry could give him a call over and give him a little briefing."},{"start":66.15,"end":71.92,"text":"That could be done because we know that they want to sort of lobby a campaign."},{"start":71.94,"end":72.18,"text":"Fine."},{"start":72.2,"end":73.41,"text":"Let Henry give him a little briefing."},{"start":73.42,"end":73.53,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield discussed logistical arrangements for a visit to Washington, D.C., by former President Lyndon B. Johnson. The conversation focused on the former President's stay at Blair House and planned engagements, including a briefing with Henry Kissinger. Nixon authorized the meeting with Kissinger to ensure the former administration remained informed on key policy issues.","topics":["Lyndon B. Johnson","Blair House","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:00:25.874Z"},"topicSlugs":["lyndon-b-johnson","blair-house","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":77,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-036.mp3","bytes":3090615,"durationSec":77.13,"bitrate":320555,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}