Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 461 › Conversation 461-001
Nixon & Butterfield on William P. Rogers and John N. Mitchell
Tuesday, March 2, 1971 · 10:25 AM–10:26 AM ET · Oval Office · 54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief administrative meeting to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and review recent events. They touched upon Secretary of State William P. Rogers' previous phone call regarding a March 1 dinner and discussed Attorney General John N. Mitchell’s recent press conference. Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler was also noted in the context of managing these logistical and media-related items.
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NARA Description
On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:25 am to 10:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 461-1
Date: March 2, 1971
Time: 10:25 am - 10:26 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield
[Unintelligible]
President’s schedule
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-William P. Rogers’ previous telephone call
-March 1, 1971 dinner
-John N. Mitchell’s press conference
Butterfield left at 10:26 amTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on March 2, 1971
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- 461-002 10:26 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John N. Mitchell, White House operator, and Carl B. Albert met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 11:00 am.
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- 461-004 11:06 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rudolph A. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Clark MacGregor, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:33 am.
- 461-006 11:56 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:59 am.
- 461-007 11:59 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
- 461-008 11:59 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:01 pm.
- 461-009 12:01 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:06 pm.
Related conversations
- Nixon phone call with Mitchell on Pentagon Papers and National Security June 15, 1971 · 2 min
- Haldeman phone call on Congressional dinner and William P. Rogers March 8, 1972 · 7 min
- Nixon phone call with Haig on Watergate and Earl Warren May 10, 1973 · 2 min
- Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Public Relations and FBI August 11, 1972 · 2 min
- Nixon, Rogers & Ehrlichman on Watergate and John Dean April 16, 1973 · 47 min
- Nixon, Haldeman & Butterfield on William P. Rogers and Middle East policy June 12, 1971 · 34 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 461-001, March 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/461-001 (accessed November 4, 2026).