{"conversationCode":"261-010","tapeNumber":261,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-261-010","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:47:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:44 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.;","description":"On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:44 pm to 6:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-010 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. 261-10\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: 6:44 pm - 6:47 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with William P. Rogers\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-89]","filename":["261-010-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:39","tapeEnd":"00:11:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rogers, William P."],"prevCode":"261-009","nextCode":"261-011","tapeTranscriptFile":"261a.mp3,261b.mp3,261c.mp3,261d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":589.47,"end":589.59,"text":"."},{"start":589.61,"end":589.63,"text":"."},{"start":589.77,"end":590.17,"text":"."},{"start":591.07,"end":591.13,"text":"."},{"start":591.17,"end":591.27,"text":"."},{"start":591.29,"end":591.31,"text":"."},{"start":609.42,"end":610.82,"text":"But not even that I could ask them."},{"start":611.52,"end":619.21,"text":"I don't know how they got the scene or anything, but I do want to talk to myself about it."},{"start":619.95,"end":620.61,"text":"I'll try to do that."},{"start":621.11,"end":623.71,"text":"I know it's just a funny thing."},{"start":623.73,"end":630.92,"text":"There's some people, there's some people who live in Vietnam, and I'm talking about that in my presentation."},{"start":632.22,"end":635.61,"text":"George heard a lot of things."},{"start":635.63,"end":637.95,"text":"They are the times."},{"start":654.25,"end":654.55,"text":"Okay."},{"start":654.63,"end":656.1,"text":"Bye, baby."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":579,"end":665,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["261a.mp3","261b.mp3","261c.mp3","261d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["261a.mp3"],"cutStart":577.5,"cutEnd":666.5,"adjustedStart":577.5,"adjustedEnd":666.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:26.595Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Secretary of State William P. Rogers held a brief consultation regarding the administration's ongoing diplomatic strategy in Vietnam. The discussion touched upon the dissemination of information and the President's upcoming public presentation concerning the conflict. Nixon expressed a desire to personally reflect on these developments while acknowledging the complexities involved in managing current foreign policy perceptions.","topics":["Vietnam War","Foreign Policy","Diplomatic Strategy","Public Relations","William P. Rogers"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:18:06.090Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","foreign-policy","diplomatic-strategy","public-relations","william-p-rogers"],"audioDurationSec":89,"audioFiles":[{"file":"261-010-splice.mp3","bytes":1424449,"durationSec":89,"bitrate":128041,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:26.595Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":9,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:46.635Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/261-010-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/261-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/261/conversation-261-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}