{"conversationCode":"001-124","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":124,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-124","startDateTime":"1971-04-17T15:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-17T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:52 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:02 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 11:02 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-124 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. 1-124\n\nDate: April 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:52 am and 11:02 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Meeting\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:52 am and\n11:02 am.\n\n[See Conversation No. 481-5D]\n\n     Herbert G. Klein's location","filename":["001-124.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:06:31","tapeEnd":"04:06:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-123","nextCode":"001-125","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":6.01,"text":"Mike would prefer it the other way."},{"start":6.08,"end":8.68,"text":"And that we'll fill him in on it."},{"start":8.86,"end":10.48,"text":"About just a second."},{"start":10.62,"end":10.94,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":10.96,"end":13.1,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Klein's en route to Dallas."},{"start":13.28,"end":13.88,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":13.9,"end":14.22,"text":"That's right."},{"start":14.24,"end":14.78,"text":"Just let it go."},{"start":14.84,"end":15.62,"text":"I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":15.66,"end":16.12,"text":"All right."},{"start":16.14,"end":16.34,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the travel status of Director of Communications Herbert G. Klein, who is currently en route to Dallas. Following an brief update from the White House operator, the President determines that no immediate action is necessary regarding Klein. Nixon concludes the brief coordination call by deciding to delay any further communication with Klein until the following day.","topics":["Herbert G. Klein","Communications strategy","White House coordination","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:02:46.540Z"},"topicSlugs":["herbert-g-klein","communications-strategy","white-house-coordination","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-124.mp3","bytes":413778,"durationSec":17.15,"bitrate":192986,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-124.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-124","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-124","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}