{"conversationCode":"302-001","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-001","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T17:31:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-001 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. 302-1\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: 1:30 pm - 1:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Unknown man's letter of resignation\n\nButterfield left at 1:31 pm.","filename":["302-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:38","tapeEnd":"00:01:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"301-025","nextCode":"302-002","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":14.35,"text":"Blood letter."},{"start":20.39,"end":20.69,"text":"Sorry."},{"start":24.64,"end":24.74,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met briefly to discuss an individual’s letter of resignation. The discussion centered on a document referred to as a \"blood letter.\" Butterfield departed immediately following this exchange.","topics":["resignation","personnel matters","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:09:58.872Z"},"topicSlugs":["resignation","personnel-matters","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-001.mp3","bytes":1063497,"durationSec":26.45,"bitrate":321721,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.150Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}