{"conversationCode":"456-016","tapeNumber":456,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-456-016","startDateTime":"1971-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-23T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1971","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-016 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. 456-16\n\nDate: February 23, 1971\nTime: 3:00 pm - 3:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     The President’s schedule\n\nButterfield left at 3:05 pm","filename":["456-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:28:51","tapeEnd":"03:29:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"456-015","nextCode":"456-017","transcript":[{"start":6.51,"end":14.96,"text":"I have a CD tonight."},{"start":14.98,"end":15.18,"text":"All right."},{"start":15.2,"end":15.54,"text":"Six o'clock, sir."},{"start":15.56,"end":15.8,"text":"Six o'clock."},{"start":15.82,"end":16.02,"text":"All right."},{"start":16.04,"end":16.28,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":16.3,"end":16.61,"text":"Let's do it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to confirm the logistics for an evening engagement. The pair briefly coordinated the scheduling for a briefing, identified as a 'CD,' set for 6:00 p.m. The meeting concluded once the timeline for this appointment was established.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House logistics","Briefing coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:02:15.384Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-logistics","briefing-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"456-016.mp3","bytes":401239,"durationSec":16.65,"bitrate":192767,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/456-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/456-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/456/conversation-456-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}