{"conversationCode":"471-021","tapeNumber":471,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-471-021","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.; Ford, Gerald R.;","description":"On March 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Gerald R. Ford 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 471-021 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. 471-21\n\nDate: March 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield met with Gerald R. Ford\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time after 11:54 am\n\n     Weather\n\nThe President and Ford left at 11:58 am","filename":["471-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:43:31","tapeEnd":"02:44:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Ford, Gerald R."],"prevCode":"471-020","nextCode":"471-022","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":13.17,"text":"Hi, Gary, how are you?"},{"start":13.19,"end":13.77,"text":"Hi, how are you this morning?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Gerald R. Ford and Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office for a brief, informal encounter. The discussion was limited to pleasantries and casual observations regarding the weather. No substantive policy matters or official administrative decisions were recorded during this four-minute interaction.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Casual conversation","Oval Office meeting","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:29:01.158Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","casual-conversation","oval-office-meeting","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"471-021.mp3","bytes":331022,"durationSec":13.74,"bitrate":192794,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/471-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/471/conversation-471-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}