Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 466 › Conversation 466-010

Nixon & Butterfield on Oval Office operations and Administrative management

Thursday, March 11, 1971 · 12:44 PM–12:46 PM ET · Oval Office ·46 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation466-010 onTape 466 (tape position 03:28:26–03:30:30)StartThursday, March 11, 1971 at 12:44 PMEndThursday, March 11, 1971 at 12:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 466-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and unidentified individuals for a brief discussion regarding the management of administrative interruptions. The participants touched upon the identification of unknown objects before the President signaled his intent to implement specific protocols for managing disruptions. This interaction served to coordinate the flow of office activities under the President's direction.

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Hei, hei, hei.
Is this a gun?
No, no shot.
Hello, sir.
I'm starting to order some interruptions.
Anything that brings us down.

NARA Description

On March 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 466-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 466-10

Date: March 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) entered

     President’s location
     Location of unidentified item

The President entered at an unknown time after 12:44 pm

The President, Butterfield, and the unknown person(s) left at 12:46 pm

Also recorded on March 11, 1971

  • 466-006 11:04 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 12:19 pm.
  • 466-003 11:12 AM · 4 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:12 am.
  • 466-004 11:12 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), John W. Byrnes, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Bryce N. Harlow, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:12 am to 11:42 am.
  • 466-005 11:42 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:47 am.
  • 466-007 12:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerard C. Smith, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:24 pm.
  • 466-008 12:24 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 466-009 12:26 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:44 pm.
  • 466-011 12:46 PM · 40 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 466-010, March 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/466-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).