{"conversationCode":"467-017","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-017","startDateTime":"1971-03-17T14:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-17T14:42:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1971","startTime":"9:16 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1971","endTime":"9:42 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 9:16 am and 9:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-017 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. 467-017\n\nDate: March 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:42 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral\n                -Flight\n                      -Time change\n                -Flying time to Lexington, Kentucky\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 9:42 am","filename":["467-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:50","tapeEnd":"00:59:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"467-016","nextCode":"467-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":18.02,"text":"So therefore, it's only an hour and a half."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details regarding his travel to attend the funeral of Whitney M. Young, Jr. in Lexington, Kentucky. They specifically reviewed the flight schedule and addressed necessary adjustments to the travel itinerary to account for flight duration and time changes. This discussion ensured the President's arrival was properly synchronized with the funeral service schedule.","topics":["Presidential travel","Whitney M. Young Jr.","Logistics","Scheduling","Funeral services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:20:03.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","whitney-m-young-jr","logistics","scheduling","funeral-services"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-017.mp3","bytes":436975,"durationSec":18.14,"bitrate":192718,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:45.666Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-017","catalogNaId":417176125,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417176125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}