{"conversationCode":"013-042","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-042","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T22:35:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:03 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On October 29, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-042 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. 013-042\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 6:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to James C.H. Shen\n           -Rerouting to Kissinger's office","filename":["013-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:29:15","tapeEnd":"01:29:27","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-041","nextCode":"013-043","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":9.28,"text":"Mr. Kissinger, will you switch that call to my office?"},{"start":9.3,"end":10.4,"text":"Yes, we will, sir."},{"start":10.75,"end":11.93,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry A. Kissinger directed the White House operator to reroute an incoming call from James C.H. Shen, the Ambassador of the Republic of China, directly to his office. This brief administrative exchange facilitated a private line for Kissinger to communicate with the Taiwanese diplomat. No substantive policy discussions were captured during this short logistical interaction.","topics":["James C.H. Shen","Diplomacy","Telecommunications","Henry A. Kissinger","Taiwan"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:45:50.071Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-c-h-shen","diplomacy","telecommunications","henry-a-kissinger","taiwan"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-042.mp3","bytes":298421,"durationSec":12.36,"bitrate":193190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.406Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}