{"conversationCode":"472-024","tapeNumber":472,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-472-024","startDateTime":"1971-03-23T23:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-23T23:45:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Mar-1971","startTime":"6:40 PM","endDate":"23-Mar-1971","endTime":"6:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 6:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-024 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. 472-24\n\nDate: March 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:40 pm and 6:45 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     Items for President to sign\n          -John D. Ehrlichman\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:45 pm","filename":["472-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:29:30","tapeEnd":"05:31:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"472-023","nextCode":"472-025","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":25.76,"text":"I don't know what we're supposed to be doing."},{"start":25.78,"end":26.68,"text":"I don't know what we're supposed to be doing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to address administrative matters. The brief session focused on the review and signing of official documents submitted by John D. Ehrlichman. The meeting concluded shortly thereafter with the completion of these routine executive tasks.","topics":["Administration","John D. Ehrlichman","Document Signing","Oval Office Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:31:32.096Z"},"topicSlugs":["administration","john-d-ehrlichman","document-signing","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"472-024.mp3","bytes":1273311,"durationSec":52.98,"bitrate":192271,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/472-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/472-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/472/conversation-472-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}