{"conversationCode":"471-019","tapeNumber":471,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-471-019","startDateTime":"1971-03-24T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-24T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Mar-1971","startTime":"11:54 AM","endDate":"24-Mar-1971","endTime":"11:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 471-019 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. 471-19\n\nDate: March 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Creston High School Choir\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:58 am","filename":["471-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:41:32","tapeEnd":"02:42:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"471-018","nextCode":"471-020","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":6.24,"text":"The choir is going to just check the status and then we'll see them out."},{"start":6.26,"end":7.29,"text":"We're going to sing two songs."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details regarding a scheduled performance by the Creston High School Choir. The discussion focused on confirming the status of the group and finalizing the protocol for their appearance at the White House. The two briefly reviewed the agenda, which included a performance of two songs by the choir.","topics":["Creston High School Choir","White House scheduling","Presidential protocol","Performance logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:28:50.300Z"},"topicSlugs":["creston-high-school-choir","white-house-scheduling","presidential-protocol","performance-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"471-019.mp3","bytes":181811,"durationSec":7.51,"bitrate":193602,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/471-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/471/conversation-471-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}