{"conversationCode":"013-005","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-005","startDateTime":"1971-10-26T14:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-26T14:18:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:17 AM","endDate":"26-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Flanigan, Peter M.;","description":"On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 013-005\n\nDate: October 26, 1971\nTime: 10:17 am - 10:18 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Peter M. Flanigan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1G]\n\n     Spiro T. Agnew\n          -Trip to Southeast Asia\n                -Meeting with President and William P. Rogers\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under PRMPA regulations 02/08/2019. Segment\ncleared for release.]\n[Privacy]\n[013-005-w001]\n[Duration: 53s]\n\n       Spiro T. Agnew\n              -Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew\n                    -Lee Kuan Yew’s request for new ambassador in Singapore\n                            -Replacing US Ambassador Charles T. Cross\n              -Conversation with William P. Rogers\n                    -Spiro T. Agnew’s request for new ambassador in Kuwait\n                            -Replacing US Ambassador John P. Walsh\n                                   -Emotional problems\n                    -William P. Rogers’ promise to replace ambassadors\n\n       President’s request to Peter M. Flanigan\n              -Follow up\n              -Replacement of ambassadors\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["013-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:18","tapeEnd":"00:03:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Flanigan, Peter M."],"prevCode":"013-004","nextCode":"013-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.84,"text":"Mr. Flanagan."},{"start":2.86,"end":3.04,"text":"Yes."},{"start":3.32,"end":4.18,"text":"You are."},{"start":4.2,"end":4.6,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.26,"end":6.73,"text":"Pete, will you follow up on something?"},{"start":6.89,"end":16.07,"text":"When the Vice President came back from his trip to Southeast Asia, he met with me and with Bill Rogers."},{"start":16.47,"end":16.59,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Peter M. Flanigan to follow up on staffing changes following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s recent trip to Southeast Asia. Agnew communicated requests from foreign leaders regarding the replacement of U.S. ambassadors in Singapore and Kuwait, the latter due to concerns over the incumbent's personal issues. Secretary of State William P. Rogers has already committed to these personnel changes, and Flanigan is tasked with overseeing the execution of these appointments.","topics":["Diplomatic appointments","Spiro Agnew","State Department","Foreign relations","Personnel management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:42:30.395Z"},"topicSlugs":["diplomatic-appointments","spiro-agnew","state-department","foreign-relations","personnel-management"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-005.mp3","bytes":1675806,"durationSec":69.76,"bitrate":192177,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.401Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}