{"conversationCode":"470-009","tapeNumber":470,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-470-009","startDateTime":"1971-03-19T17:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-19T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1971","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1971","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 470-009 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. 470-9\n\nDate: March 19, 1971\nTime: 12:15 pm - 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     An unknown item\n          -Location\n\nButterfield left at 12:16 pm","filename":["470-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:59:16","tapeEnd":"03:06:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"470-008","nextCode":"470-010","transcript":[{"start":1.01,"end":17.93,"text":"I'll send you back."},{"start":17.95,"end":19.09,"text":"Yeah, that's all I need is to put it in the bag."},{"start":19.11,"end":19.49,"text":"I'll send you back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office to discuss the handling of an unspecified item. The exchange focused on the logistics of securing the object within a bag before Butterfield’s departure. No further policy or administrative developments were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["Oval Office operations","Logistics","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:26:14.449Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-operations","logistics","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"470-009.mp3","bytes":491519,"durationSec":20.41,"bitrate":192621,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/470-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/470-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/470/conversation-470-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}