{"conversationCode":"029-057","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-057","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:47:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:11 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; Cook, Richard K.;","description":"On August 8, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and Richard K. Cook talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-057 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 29-57\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 4:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with Richard K. Cook.\n\n[See Conversation No. 363-16B]\n\n     End the Vietnam War proposal\n          -Legislative strategy\n                -The President's schedule\n                     -Cook’s conversations with Leslie C. Arends and Gerald R. Ford\n                           -Republicans\n                     -Ford\n                -Prediction","filename":["029-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","Cook, Richard K."],"prevCode":"029-056","nextCode":"029-058","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":29.02,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":66.74,"end":89.29,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry A. Kissinger and Richard K. Cook discussed legislative strategy regarding a proposal to end the Vietnam War. They focused on coordinating with Republican leadership, specifically reviewing Cook’s recent consultations with Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends. The discussion aimed to align these legislative efforts with the President’s upcoming schedule and forecast potential congressional support.","topics":["Vietnam War","Legislative Strategy","Republican Party","Gerald R. Ford","Leslie C. Arends","Congressional Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:39:51.489Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","legislative-strategy","republican-party","gerald-r-ford","leslie-c-arends","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":94,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-057.mp3","bytes":2266382,"durationSec":94.37,"bitrate":192120,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","transcriptGapSeconds":51,"transcriptGapShare":0.55,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}