{"conversationCode":"452-001","tapeNumber":452,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-452-001","startDateTime":"1971-02-19T14:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-19T14:05:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Feb-1971","startTime":"9:03 AM","endDate":"19-Feb-1971","endTime":"9:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On February 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 452-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 452-001\nDate: February 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:03 am and 9:05 am\nLocation: Oval Office\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\nThe President’s schedule\n-George P. Shultz\n-Paul W. McCracken\n-Peter G. Peterson\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:05 am","filename":["452-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:10","tapeEnd":"00:01:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"451-025","nextCode":"452-002","transcript":[{"start":3.41,"end":20.5,"text":"So we have a question here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and finalize the President's upcoming daily schedule. The discussion centered on coordinating specific appointments with key administration officials, including George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, and Peter G. Peterson. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House administration","George Shultz","Paul McCracken","Peter Peterson","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:55:16.410Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-administration","george-shultz","paul-mccracken","peter-peterson","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"452-001.mp3","bytes":829456,"durationSec":20.6,"bitrate":322128,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/452-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/452-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/452/conversation-452-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}