{"conversationCode":"467-012","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-012","startDateTime":"1971-03-17T14:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-17T14:10:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1971","startTime":"9:01 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1971","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-012 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. 467-012\n\nDate: March 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:01 am and 9:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     Forthcoming press briefing\n          -A draft of President’s eulogy for Whitney M. Young, Jr.\n               -Possible release\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:10 am","filename":["467-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:55","tapeEnd":"00:36:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"467-011","nextCode":"467-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.99,"text":"Three."},{"start":1.01,"end":1.88,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.9,"end":3.62,"text":"We have a meeting coming."},{"start":3.65,"end":3.89,"text":"Third draft."},{"start":4.23,"end":5.51,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":5.53,"end":7.48,"text":"Do you have anything?"},{"start":7.5,"end":8.7,"text":"No, I don't have anything."},{"start":8.72,"end":9.11,"text":"A news draft."},{"start":9.13,"end":11.25,"text":"Well, I'm just going to be off with it, so you can put it there and separate it."},{"start":11.29,"end":11.37,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to discuss logistical preparations for an upcoming press briefing. The primary agenda item involved reviewing a draft of the President’s eulogy for civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr. They evaluated the potential release of this document to the media as part of the briefing materials.","topics":["Whitney M. Young Jr.","Eulogy","Press briefing","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:19:35.072Z"},"topicSlugs":["whitney-m-young-jr","eulogy","press-briefing","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-012.mp3","bytes":354219,"durationSec":14.7,"bitrate":192791,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}