{"conversationCode":"256-015","tapeNumber":256,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-256-015","startDateTime":"1971-06-01T13:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-01T15:25:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:14 AM","endDate":"1-Jun-1971","endTime":"11:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 256-15\n\nDate: June 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:25 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger\n\n     Case-Reed proposal\n\n          -Patrick J. Buchanan\n\n     Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with an unknown person\n          -US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations [?]\n                -Request for Melvin R. Laird to call the President\n                      -Administration’s response","filename":["256-015-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:20:17","tapeEnd":"00:22:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"256-014","nextCode":"256-016","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss the Case-Reed proposal and the influence of Patrick J. Buchanan on the administration's messaging. They also addressed coordination regarding upcoming diplomatic communications with the Soviet Union and determined that Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird should be directed to call the President to discuss the administration's formal stance. These consultations reflect ongoing efforts to manage foreign policy strategy and internal bureaucratic alignment.","topics":["Case-Reed proposal","Patrick J. Buchanan","US-USSR relations","Melvin R. Laird","Foreign policy strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:05:50.982Z"},"topicSlugs":["case-reed-proposal","patrick-j-buchanan","us-soviet-relations","melvin-r-laird","foreign-policy-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":124,"audioFiles":[{"file":"256-015-splice.mp3","bytes":1977409,"durationSec":123.56,"bitrate":128029,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:24.602Z","originalFilename":["256a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["256a.mp3"],"cutStart":1215.94,"cutEnd":1339.5,"adjustedStart":1215.94,"adjustedEnd":1339.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:24.602Z"},"transcript":[{"start":1217.45,"end":1217.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1217.44,"end":1338,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/256-015-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/256/conversation-256-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}