{"conversationCode":"471-020","tapeNumber":471,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-471-020","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 471-020 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. 471-20\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                -Selections\n                -Tour of Oval Office\n\nThe President left at an unknown time before 11:58 am","filename":["471-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:11","tapeEnd":"02:43:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"471-019","nextCode":"471-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.53,"text":"So now all of a sudden you have that face of an actual animal, you might as well be a sorry guy."},{"start":13.55,"end":14.95,"text":"I understand you don't need to go over the edge of the earth, does he?"},{"start":14.97,"end":15.23,"text":"No, I'm okay."},{"start":15.25,"end":15.91,"text":"We'll just have to do a late one."},{"start":15.94,"end":16.98,"text":"Let him come through the air and just see the place."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate a brief visit from the Creston High School Choir. The discussion focused on the logistics of the choir's tour of the Oval Office and the inclusion of their musical performance in the President’s schedule. Nixon provided final approval for the group to enter the office for their viewing and presentation.","topics":["Presidential Schedule","Creston High School Choir","Oval Office Logistics","White House Visitors"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:28:55.570Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","creston-high-school-choir","oval-office-logistics","white-house-visitors"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"471-020.mp3","bytes":421928,"durationSec":17.52,"bitrate":192681,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/471-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/471/conversation-471-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}