Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 461 › Conversation 461-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, March 2, 1971 · 1:27 PM–1:35 PM ET · Oval Office ·2 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, eight-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The entirety of the recorded interaction, with the exception of a two-second segment later withdrawn as personal, consists of non-substantive or restricted dialogue. Consequently, no official policy decisions or specific topics of state business can be determined from the available records of this encounter.
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NARA Description
On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) 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 461-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 461-16 Time: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 1:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm
Also recorded on March 2, 1971
- 461-012 12:53 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Mrs. Jack Heltemes, Jack Heltemes, Jr., Holly Heltemes, Robert J. Dole, Robert Young, Mrs. Robert Young, David N. Parker, and George Bill met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 049-008 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 049-010 1:07 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 049-011 1:07 PM · 9 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:07 pm on March 2, 1971 and 8:32 am on March 8, 1971.
- 461-013 1:07 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 461-014 1:08 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Lyons, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:08 pm to 1:23 pm.
- 461-015 1:27 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 461-017 1:35 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Marjorie P. Acker, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:35 pm to 1:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 461-016, 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/461-016 (accessed September 18, 2026).