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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation461-001 onTape 461 (tape position 00:01:39–00:03:09)StartTuesday, March 2, 1971 at 10:25 AMEndTuesday, March 2, 1971 at 10:26 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 461-001 ↗

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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I was there, but they didn't tell me.

Yeah.

Okay, good.

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 am

Also recorded on March 2, 1971

049-001 9:25 AM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 12:44 pm.
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.
461-003 11:00 AM · 3 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:04 am.
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.

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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 September 18, 2026).