Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 463 › Conversation 463-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Alexander P.…

Monday, March 8, 1971 · 5:38 PM–5:41 PM ET · Oval Office ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation463-004 onTape 463 (tape position 00:55:18–00:55:26)StartMonday, March 8, 1971 at 5:38 PMEndMonday, March 8, 1971 at 5:41 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 463-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Alexander P. Butterfield. The President specifically requests that the operator connect him to an individual referred to as Mario. This exchange serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate a direct communication between the President and his deputy assistant.

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Mario, please.

NARA Description

On March 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator 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 463-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 463-4

Date: March 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator

     Call to Alexander P. Butterfield

Also recorded on March 8, 1971

  • 049-012 8:32 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Richard M. Helms, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, David Packard, and Paul H. Nitze, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 10:27 am.
  • 464-001 12:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Daniel T. Kinsley, Bill Horton, and Frederic V. Malek met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 1:08 pm.
  • 463-001 12:10 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frederic V. Malek, Daniel T. Kinsley, Bill Horton, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Walter R. Tkach met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 463-002 5:38 PM · 45 sec — 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.
  • 463-003 5:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm.
  • 463-005 5:38 PM · 40 sec — 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.
  • 463-006 5:41 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:41 pm to 6:38 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 463-004, March 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/463-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).