{"conversationCode":"452-006","tapeNumber":452,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-452-006","startDateTime":"1971-02-19T17:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-19T17:44:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Feb-1971","startTime":"12:41 PM","endDate":"19-Feb-1971","endTime":"12:44 PM","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 12:41 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 452-006 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. 452-006\nDate: February 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 12:44 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\nPage | 17\nWhite House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\nThe President’s schedule\n-Forthcoming meetings during Open Door Hour\n-Photographs by Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 12:44 pm","filename":["452-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:35:17","tapeEnd":"02:36:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"452-005","nextCode":"452-007","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":16.7,"text":"No."},{"start":16.72,"end":16.82,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.84,"end":16.94,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.96,"end":17.06,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.08,"end":17.18,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's schedule during the upcoming Open Door Hour. The discussion centered on managing appointments and logistics for scheduled photography sessions with Oliver F. “Ollie” Atkins. No major policy decisions were reached, as the meeting served primarily for administrative briefing and routine calendar oversight.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Open Door Hour","Ollie Atkins","White House logistics","Alexander Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:55:45.485Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","open-door-hour","ollie-atkins","white-house-logistics","alexander-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"452-006.mp3","bytes":708248,"durationSec":17.55,"bitrate":322757,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/452-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/452-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/452/conversation-452-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}