Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 456 › Conversation 456-016

Nixon & Butterfield

Tuesday, February 23, 1971 · 3:00 PM–3:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation456-016 on Tape 456 (tape position 03:28:51–03:29:08)StartTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 3:00 PMEndTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 3:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 456-016 ↗

A 17-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 456-16

Date: February 23, 1971
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

     The President’s schedule

Butterfield left at 3:05 pm

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I have a CD tonight.
All right.
Six o'clock, sir.
Six o'clock.
All right.
That's fine.
Let's do it.

Also recorded on February 23, 1971

  • 456-013 2:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 456-014 2:09 PM · 27 sec — 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 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 456-015 2:09 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 456-017 3:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 456-018 3:08 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 456-019 3:08 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 456-020 3:22 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:06 pm.
  • 456-021 4:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 456-016, February 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/456-016 (accessed November 2, 2026).