{"conversationCode":"617-021","tapeNumber":617,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-617-021","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T23:03:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-021 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. 617-21\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Meeting\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 6:03 pm.","filename":["617-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:42:01","tapeEnd":"03:42:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"617-020","nextCode":"617-022","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.78,"text":"Sir, I want to ask you a question."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Deputy Assistant to the President Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to conduct a brief administrative review of the presidential schedule. The discussion focused on upcoming appointments and commitments requiring the President's attention. No major policy developments occurred during this short meeting, which served primarily to organize the executive calendar.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","Administrative planning","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:53:34.352Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","administrative-planning","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"617-021.mp3","bytes":251904,"durationSec":6.18,"bitrate":325948,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/617-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/617/conversation-617-021","catalogNaId":417179793,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179793","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}