{"conversationCode":"461-015","tapeNumber":461,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-461-015","startDateTime":"1971-03-02T18:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-02T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Mar-1971","startTime":"1:27 PM","endDate":"2-Mar-1971","endTime":"1:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 1:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 461-15\n\nDate: March 2, 1971\nTime: 1:27 pm - unknown before 1:35 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Astronauts\n          -National Aquarium\n          -Butterfield’s telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n                -President’s press conference briefing material\n                      -Patrick J. Buchanan\n                      -Time\n          -Executive Office Building\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm","filename":["461-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:39:35","tapeEnd":"02:43:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"461-014","nextCode":"461-016","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":27,"text":"I don't know what you're talking about."},{"start":27.02,"end":27.8,"text":"I don't know what you're talking about."},{"start":27.82,"end":28.6,"text":"I don't know what you're talking about."},{"start":34.91,"end":47.91,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":47.93,"end":57.22,"text":"But I think that's what you call the, uh, no, you slip the press conference, uh, the, uh, you slip the deadline of the press conference."},{"start":57.24,"end":57.9,"text":"So, uh,"},{"start":65.74,"end":91.21,"text":"7-3, 7-3, that gives me four more hours before I actually get to 7-3."},{"start":91.23,"end":92.39,"text":"The last night is 6-3, before I need the press conference."},{"start":92.41,"end":93.87,"text":"So I'm going to get to 7-3, and then I'm going to go over to the O.D."},{"start":93.89,"end":94.64,"text":"8-8, I'm going to settle down to 3-3."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and administrative preparations. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements regarding meetings with astronauts, a visit to the National Aquarium, and the preparation of briefing materials for a presidential press conference. Butterfield also updated the President on coordination efforts with Ronald Ziegler and Patrick Buchanan regarding press deadlines.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Press conference briefing","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House administration","Media relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:09:41.039Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","press-conference-briefing","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-administration","media-relations"],"audioDurationSec":101,"audioFiles":[{"file":"461-015.mp3","bytes":2415594,"durationSec":100.58,"bitrate":192135,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/461-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/461-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/461/conversation-461-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}