{"conversationCode":"449-003","tapeNumber":449,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-449-003","startDateTime":"1971-09-21T15:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-21T15:13:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:13 AM","endDate":"21-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:13 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 449-3\n\nDate: September 21, 1971\nTime: 11:13 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Meeting with consumer council\n\nButterfield left at 11:13 am.","filename":["449-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:21","tapeEnd":"00:17:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"449-002","nextCode":"449-004","transcript":[{"start":18.54,"end":30.53,"text":"Well, I figured we'd have almost plenty of that to put in."},{"start":30.55,"end":31.31,"text":"They're well-intentioned of us, right?"},{"start":31.33,"end":33.68,"text":"You know, they're so nice and warm and so eager to have everything that Jesus might be there to hold that country up."},{"start":33.7,"end":33.9,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the details of the President’s upcoming schedule, specifically regarding a planned meeting with the consumer council. The brief discussion centered on managing the President's interactions with these stakeholders to ensure the tone and objectives of the engagement were appropriately addressed. Butterfield confirmed the logistics before exiting the Oval Office.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Consumer council","Administrative logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:48:33.783Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","consumer-council","administrative-logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"449-003.mp3","bytes":1360244,"durationSec":33.86,"bitrate":321399,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/449-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/449-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/449/conversation-449-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}