{"conversationCode":"014-073","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-073","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T00:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T00:47:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:46 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:46 pm to 7:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-073 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. 14-73\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: 7:46 pm - 7:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger\n\nKissinger talked with the President.\n\n     The President's forthcoming announcement\n          -Japanese\n               -John B. Connally\n               -State Department","filename":["014-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:23:25","tapeEnd":"02:24:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"014-072","nextCode":"014-074","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.58,"end":2.94,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, Mr. President?"},{"start":2.96,"end":3.24,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.18,"end":4.72,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":4.74,"end":5.75,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":5.76,"end":6.17,"text":"Hi, Henry."},{"start":6.47,"end":9.71,"text":"There's only one issue that I wanted to check out with you."},{"start":10.23,"end":10.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.35,"end":15.7,"text":"I'm a little bit concerned about the announcement with the Japanese against, again, not knowing."},{"start":16.02,"end":16.2,"text":"Good."},{"start":16.24,"end":16.56,"text":"Tell them."},{"start":17.78,"end":18.95,"text":"Of course, of course, of course."},{"start":19.09,"end":19.33,"text":"Tell them."},{"start":19.39,"end":21.41,"text":"The time frame is such."},{"start":21.77,"end":22.29,"text":"Tell them now."},{"start":22.49,"end":23.13,"text":"Oh, I understand."},{"start":24.15,"end":25.61,"text":"Well, now, there are two ways of doing that."},{"start":25.68,"end":28.84,"text":"One would be to do it back channel via Connelly."},{"start":29.85,"end":32.59,"text":"The other would be to tell it through state."},{"start":33.72,"end":34.88,"text":"Back channel through Connolly."},{"start":34.96,"end":35.38,"text":"Good."},{"start":35.4,"end":36.46,"text":"I'll do that."},{"start":36.84,"end":36.94,"text":"Okay."},{"start":36.96,"end":37.1,"text":"Good."},{"start":37.12,"end":38.65,"text":"That's a good thing to build him up to."},{"start":38.87,"end":39.07,"text":"Right."},{"start":39.09,"end":39.79,"text":"That's what I thought."},{"start":39.81,"end":40.47,"text":"That's good."},{"start":40.49,"end":40.91,"text":"Great, Henry."},{"start":40.99,"end":41.37,"text":"Fine."},{"start":41.39,"end":41.61,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinate the communication strategy regarding a forthcoming announcement involving Japan. Nixon directs Kissinger to inform the Japanese government of the news immediately rather than delaying. To handle this diplomatic notification, they agree to use a back-channel approach via Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, a move Nixon views as a strategic effort to bolster Connally’s standing.","topics":["U.S.-Japan relations","John B. Connally","Back-channel diplomacy","Foreign policy","Diplomatic communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:03:02.387Z"},"topicSlugs":["u-s-japan-relations","john-b-connally","back-channel-diplomacy","foreign-policy","diplomatic-communications"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-073.mp3","bytes":1390709,"durationSec":43.33,"bitrate":256747,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.617Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}