{"conversationCode":"614-016","tapeNumber":614,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-614-016","startDateTime":"1971-11-04T21:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-04T21:54:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:50 PM","endDate":"4-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 614-016\n\nDate: November 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -[H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?]\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 4:54 pm.","filename":["614-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:46:37","tapeEnd":"01:46:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"614-015","nextCode":"614-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.07,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard M. Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to discuss the President's upcoming schedule. The brief conversation focused on logistical planning and coordination, specifically involving H.R. Haldeman. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative check-in.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","H.R. Haldeman","Oval Office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:46:57.331Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","h-r-haldeman","oval-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"614-016.mp3","bytes":607370,"durationSec":15.06,"bitrate":322568,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:07.667Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/614-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/614-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/614/conversation-614-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}