{"conversationCode":"463-002","tapeNumber":463,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-463-002","startDateTime":"1971-03-08T22:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-08T22:41:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1971","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1971","endTime":"5:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 463-002 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. 463-2\n\nDate: March 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Admiral Thomas H. Moorer\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 5:41 pm","filename":["463-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:53:51","tapeEnd":"00:54:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"463-001","nextCode":"463-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":24.4,"text":"Pull up here."},{"start":32.5,"end":36.49,"text":"That's pretty good."},{"start":44.06,"end":44.8,"text":"That's great."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and administrative engagements. The discussion focused on securing time for meetings with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief exchange served to finalize the logistical arrangements for these high-level national security consultations.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Thomas H. Moorer","Henry A. Kissinger","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:12:03.583Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","thomas-h-moorer","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"463-002.mp3","bytes":1078333,"durationSec":44.86,"bitrate":192302,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/463-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/463-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/463/conversation-463-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}