{"conversationCode":"001-041","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-041","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:21:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:14 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-041 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-41\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the President.\n\n     President’s previous speech on Southeast Asia\n          -Mrs. Karl Taylor\n                -Call from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n                -Call from Kissinger\n                      -Return call","filename":["001-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:50","tapeEnd":"01:28:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"001-040","nextCode":"001-042","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.33,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.39,"end":2.01,"text":"Mr. Kissinger, there you are."},{"start":2.31,"end":2.63,"text":"Henry."},{"start":2.65,"end":3.63,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":3.73,"end":10.49,"text":"I don't know whether you may have thought of this before, Haig or somebody has, but somebody should get a hold of Mrs. Taylor."},{"start":10.97,"end":14.28,"text":"The press will be after her to be sure she stands firm."},{"start":14.84,"end":15.98,"text":"Absolutely, we'll do that."},{"start":16.06,"end":16.7,"text":"Who will do that?"},{"start":17.52,"end":17.96,"text":"I'll do it."},{"start":18.32,"end":27.02,"text":"You call her and tell her that the President mentioned that he was greatly moved by that, and you call me back, okay?"},{"start":27.52,"end":28.74,"text":"I'll be here for 15 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the need to reach out to Mrs. Karl Taylor to bolster her resolve following the President's recent speech on Southeast Asia. Fearing press intrusion, Nixon instructs Kissinger to contact her personally to convey the President's appreciation for her support. Kissinger commits to making the call and reporting back to Nixon shortly thereafter.","topics":["Mrs. Karl Taylor","Southeast Asia speech","public relations","Henry Kissinger","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:55:20.093Z"},"topicSlugs":["mrs-karl-taylor","southeast-asia-speech","public-relations","henry-kissinger","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-041.mp3","bytes":727248,"durationSec":30.22,"bitrate":192504,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}