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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation461-016 on Tape 461 (tape position 02:43:43–02:49:24)StartTuesday, March 2, 1971 at 1:27 PMEndTuesday, March 2, 1971 at 1:35 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 461-016 ↗

A 2-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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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.

Conversation No. 461-16

Date: March 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 1:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 049-008 1:07 PM · 52 sec — 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 · 1 min — 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.

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 November 2, 2026).