Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 467 › Conversation 467-017
Nixon & Butterfield on Presidential travel and Whitney M. Young Jr.
Wednesday, March 17, 1971 · 9:16 AM–9:42 AM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
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On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-017 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 467-017
Date: March 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:42 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield
President’s schedule
-Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
-Flight
-Time change
-Flying time to Lexington, Kentucky
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:42 amTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 467-015 9:15 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 9:16 am.
- 467-016 9:16 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:42 am.
- 467-018 9:16 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:42 am.
- 467-019 9:42 AM · 36 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:42 am and 10:04 am.
- 467-020 2:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:43 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 467-017, March 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176125). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-017 (accessed October 31, 2026).