{"conversationCode":"464-002","tapeNumber":464,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-464-002","startDateTime":"1971-03-09T12:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-09T12:59:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1971","startTime":"7:58 AM","endDate":"9-Mar-1971","endTime":"7:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On March 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:58 am to 7:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-002 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. 464-2\n\nDate: March 9, 1971\nTime: 7:58 am - 7:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Alexander P. Butterfield\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Clark MacGregor\n                -Conversation with Butterfield\n          -Forthcoming call to Daniel H. Kuykendall\n                -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -John D. Ehrlichman\n          -Forthcoming meeting with Republican Congressional leadership\n          -Forthcoming meeting with George P. Shultz and Peter G. Peterson\n                -Content\n          -Possible forthcoming speech\n\nButterfield left at 7:59 am","filename":["464-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:00","tapeEnd":"00:33:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"464-001","nextCode":"464-003","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":26.8,"text":"He's supposed to be at breakfast this morning, and he's going to come out of the area."},{"start":26.82,"end":27.38,"text":"Between March and June."},{"start":27.4,"end":28.08,"text":"He's in the breakfast pet session."},{"start":28.89,"end":41.32,"text":"And then John ."},{"start":41.34,"end":54.87,"text":"So what do they want me to do?"},{"start":54.89,"end":55.35,"text":"Call them this morning?"},{"start":55.37,"end":55.76,"text":"I think there's 12."},{"start":55.77,"end":55.85,"text":"And?"},{"start":55.88,"end":55.9,"text":"."},{"start":55.91,"end":56.27,"text":"Yes, sir, you're ."},{"start":56.3,"end":56.66,"text":"These people are ."},{"start":56.68,"end":57.06,"text":"Probably right now."},{"start":57.08,"end":57.16,"text":"See?"},{"start":61.81,"end":87.16,"text":"What does this mean?"},{"start":110.56,"end":114.55,"text":"It says ."},{"start":116.01,"end":123.39,"text":"It says by ."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to briefly review the President’s daily schedule and upcoming obligations. The discussion focused on coordinating meetings with Republican Congressional leadership, cabinet members George P. Shultz and Peter G. Peterson, and potential outreach to Daniel H. Kuykendall. The primary action items involved clarifying the timing and logistical arrangements for these various administrative appointments and communications.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Republican Congressional leadership","White House administration","Daniel H. Kuykendall","Cabinet coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:12:36.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","republican-congressional-leadership","white-house-administration","daniel-h-kuykendall","cabinet-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":128,"audioFiles":[{"file":"464-002.mp3","bytes":3075133,"durationSec":128.06,"bitrate":192100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/464-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/464-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/464/conversation-464-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}