{"conversationCode":"302-002","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-002","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T17:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:31 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-002 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. 302-2\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:31 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Manolo Sanchez's schedule\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 2:39 pm.","filename":["302-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:18","tapeEnd":"00:01:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"302-001","nextCode":"302-003","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":5.72,"text":"Oh, Mr. Newman, I was coming in a minute."},{"start":5.74,"end":6.14,"text":"I was just watching."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the scheduling of Manolo Sanchez. The brief exchange focused on administrative logistics regarding the President's personal aide. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:10:04.497Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-002.mp3","bytes":343562,"durationSec":8.45,"bitrate":325179,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}