{"conversationCode":"491-027","tapeNumber":491,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-491-027","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T15:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T15:40:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"11:39 AM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"11:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-027 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. 491-27\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: 11:39 am - 11:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n           -Upcoming Federal Civilian Service awards\n                 -Years of service\n\nButterfield left at 11:40 am.","filename":["491-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:15:50","tapeEnd":"04:16:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"491-026","nextCode":"491-028","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.23,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.25,"end":7.31,"text":"We just find out how many that total number of years is."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the logistics for upcoming Federal Civilian Service awards. They specifically discussed the need to calculate the aggregate number of years of service represented by the award recipients. This brief meeting served to ensure the accuracy of biographical data for the recognition ceremony.","topics":["Federal Civilian Service","Awards","Personnel management","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:04:53.603Z"},"topicSlugs":["federal-civilian-service","awards","personnel-management","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"491-027.mp3","bytes":607922,"durationSec":15.06,"bitrate":323003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/491-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/491/conversation-491-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}