{"conversationCode":"466-010","tapeNumber":466,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-466-010","startDateTime":"1971-03-11T17:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-11T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Mar-1971","startTime":"12:44 PM","endDate":"11-Mar-1971","endTime":"12:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];","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.","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. 466-10\n\nDate: March 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:46 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) entered\n\n     President’s location\n     Location of unidentified item\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time after 12:44 pm\n\nThe President, Butterfield, and the unknown person(s) left at 12:46 pm","filename":["466-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:28:26","tapeEnd":"03:30:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Butterfield, Alexander P.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"466-009","nextCode":"466-011","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.87,"text":"Hei, hei, hei."},{"start":30.64,"end":36.41,"text":"Is this a gun?"},{"start":36.43,"end":36.67,"text":"No, no shot."},{"start":36.69,"end":36.91,"text":"Hello, sir."},{"start":36.93,"end":37.75,"text":"I'm starting to order some interruptions."},{"start":37.77,"end":38.36,"text":"Anything that brings us down."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Oval Office operations","Administrative management","Presidential protocol","Scheduling","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:17:04.650Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-operations","administrative-management","presidential-protocol","scheduling","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"466-010.mp3","bytes":1095888,"durationSec":45.6,"bitrate":192273,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/466-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/466-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/466/conversation-466-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}