{"conversationCode":"484-003","tapeNumber":484,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-484-003","startDateTime":"1971-04-21T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-21T16:17:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:17 AM","endDate":"21-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-003 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. 484-3\n\nDate: April 21, 1971\nTime: 11:17 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Signatures requested\n\nButterfield left at 11:17 am","filename":["484-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:16:40","tapeEnd":"02:17:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"484-002","nextCode":"484-004","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":2.21,"text":"to make sure it's safe."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to address routine administrative tasks. The discussion focused on the President's upcoming schedule and the processing of various documents requiring his signature. The meeting concluded promptly after the necessary papers were reviewed and signed.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Administrative tasks","White House operations","Presidential signatures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:49:59.594Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","administrative-tasks","white-house-operations","presidential-signatures"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"484-003.mp3","bytes":90905,"durationSec":3.73,"bitrate":195105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/484-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/484-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/484/conversation-484-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}