{"conversationCode":"463-004","tapeNumber":463,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-463-004","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); White House operator;","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.","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. 463-4\n\nDate: March 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["463-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:55:18","tapeEnd":"00:55:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"463-003","nextCode":"463-005","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":2.06,"text":"Mario, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:12:14.437Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"463-004.mp3","bytes":109713,"durationSec":4.51,"bitrate":194589,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/463-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/463-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/463/conversation-463-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}