{"conversationCode":"005-091","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":91,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-091","startDateTime":"1971-06-16T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-16T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:02 AM","endDate":"16-Jun-1971","endTime":"5:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On June 16, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-091 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. 5-91\n\nDate: June 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:02 am and 5:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 522-2A]\n\n     Call to Egon Bahr\n           -Chancellor Willy Brandt","filename":["005-091.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:46:45","tapeEnd":"02:47:07","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-090","nextCode":"005-092","transcript":[{"start":2.23,"end":12.88,"text":"Can you get me Mr. Parr, P-A-H-R, the assistant to Chancellor Brandt?"},{"start":12.9,"end":14.24,"text":"Assistant Chancellor of whom, sir?"},{"start":14.26,"end":16.16,"text":"Of Brandt."},{"start":16.26,"end":16.86,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.88,"end":17.66,"text":"Ask my office."},{"start":17.68,"end":18.65,"text":"They know how to get him."},{"start":18.67,"end":19.89,"text":"This is Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":19.91,"end":21.87,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger requested that the White House operator place an urgent call to Egon Bahr, a key aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. Kissinger directed the operator to coordinate with his office to obtain the necessary contact information to reach Bahr. This effort highlights ongoing high-level diplomatic communications between the Nixon administration and the West German government.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Egon Bahr","Willy Brandt","Diplomacy","West Germany"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:58:24.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","egon-bahr","willy-brandt","diplomacy","west-germany"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-091.mp3","bytes":266220,"durationSec":22.46,"bitrate":94814,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-091.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-091","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-091","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}