{"conversationCode":"572-014","tapeNumber":572,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-572-014","startDateTime":"1971-09-14T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-14T20:42:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:40 PM","endDate":"14-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm. 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(“Ollie”) Atkins\n           -Family photograph\n                 -Display\n\nButterfield left at 4:42 pm.","filename":["572-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:34:33","tapeEnd":"03:36:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"572-013","nextCode":"572-015","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":20.13,"text":"Oh, my God."},{"start":33.41,"end":57.64,"text":"The thing to do then is to wait."},{"start":57.66,"end":58.18,"text":"She's going to be up here."},{"start":58.2,"end":58.48,"text":"Yeah, for her."},{"start":58.5,"end":59.02,"text":"She's going to be up here."},{"start":59.04,"end":59.9,"text":"She was going to be up here for 20 minutes."},{"start":59.92,"end":60.59,"text":"And have her then."},{"start":60.6,"end":61.27,"text":"She's going to have to work that."},{"start":61.29,"end":62.39,"text":"She didn't remember that she was going to be up here."},{"start":62.96,"end":86.23,"text":"Then if they pick a smiling and a serious, the more serious, the semi-serious, to replace the pictures that we have."},{"start":86.4,"end":90.72,"text":"I think so."},{"start":92.42,"end":92.68,"text":"I'm not sure."},{"start":92.7,"end":96.13,"text":"Let's see how it looks."},{"start":96.15,"end":102.35,"text":"I'd like to see both of them blown up before we, well, yeah."},{"start":102.89,"end":102.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":103.01,"end":107.38,"text":"But let her, let's wait for the 20th and now to go and also follow up when she gets here with the family picture."},{"start":107.4,"end":107.78,"text":"I always took some."},{"start":107.8,"end":108.76,"text":"I think they're fine."},{"start":108.78,"end":109.14,"text":"This one was nice."},{"start":109.16,"end":109.84,"text":"Quite a dynamic one."},{"start":109.86,"end":111.54,"text":"But I think they're fine."},{"start":111.56,"end":111.82,"text":"Just use one."},{"start":111.84,"end":112.32,"text":"Pick one and use it now."},{"start":112.34,"end":112.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":112.56,"end":113.02,"text":"The new family picture."},{"start":113.04,"end":113.28,"text":"That's good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to finalize scheduling and logistical details regarding his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The discussion centered on the timing of her upcoming visit and the selection of new, professional family portraits to display in the Oval Office. Nixon directed his staff to review and select the best images from the photographer Ollie Atkins for immediate use.","topics":["Julie Nixon Eisenhower","White House photography","Presidential scheduling","Oval Office decor","Ollie Atkins"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:59:02.915Z"},"topicSlugs":["julie-nixon-eisenhower","white-house-photography","presidential-scheduling","oval-office-decor","ollie-atkins"],"audioDurationSec":122,"audioFiles":[{"file":"572-014.mp3","bytes":4892003,"durationSec":122.17,"bitrate":320344,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.333Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:02.545Z","transcriptGapSeconds":67,"transcriptGapShare":0.55,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/572-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/572-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/572/conversation-572-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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