{"conversationCode":"297-032","tapeNumber":297,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-297-032","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T17:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On November 12, 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-032 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 297-32\n\nDate: November 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n       Vietnam\n            -The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement\n                 -Possible press questions\n                       -Rate of withdrawal\n                              -Paper","filename":["297-032-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:51:14","tapeEnd":"01:52:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"297-031","nextCode":"297-033","tapeTranscriptFile":"297a.mp3,297b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6692.08,"end":6696.4,"text":"Yn eich syniad, byddai'n gorfod i mi ddim dweud ein bod ni'n cynyddu'r cynyddu cyflwyniad."},{"start":6696.7,"end":6699.62,"text":"Nawr, byddant yn dweud hynny mewn gwirionedd."},{"start":6699.64,"end":6713.29,"text":"Dydw i ddim yn hoffi ei ddweud, ond os yw hynny'n cael ei ddweud mewn unrhyw ffordd, rydw i'n credu y byddwn ni'n gorfod i ni ddweud hynny."},{"start":6713.31,"end":6716.13,"text":"Mae'r papur yma yn dweud bod hynny'n cynyddu'r cynyddu cyflwyniad."},{"start":6716.15,"end":6717.11,"text":"Mae hynny'n dweud."},{"start":6717.13,"end":6719.19,"text":"Nid yw hynny'n bwysig cael ei ddweud."},{"start":6737.62,"end":6739.88,"text":"Dwi'n meddwl y byddai'n cael ei wneud yn y ffordd honno."},{"start":6739.92,"end":6747.34,"text":"Y peth pwysicaf yw'r cwestiynau dilyn, a byddaf i'n ysgrifennu'r cwestiynau."},{"start":6747.36,"end":6750.06,"text":"Iawn, byddaf i'n ysgrifennu'r cwestiynau."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6674,"end":6747,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger deliberated on the messaging strategy for an upcoming announcement regarding U.S. troop withdrawals in Vietnam. They assessed how to respond to potential press inquiries concerning the pace of the withdrawal and specifically debated whether to explicitly characterize the policy as an increased rate of removal. The two agreed on a strategy for managing follow-up questions from the media to ensure the administration's narrative remained controlled.","topics":["Vietnam War","Troop withdrawal","Press relations","Foreign policy messaging","Public communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:55:47.448Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","troop-withdrawal","press-relations","foreign-policy-messaging","public-communications"],"audioDurationSec":76,"audioFiles":[{"file":"297-032-splice.mp3","bytes":1216305,"durationSec":75.99,"bitrate":128048,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T05:07:48.326Z","originalFilename":["297a.mp3","297b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["297a.mp3"],"cutStart":6672.5,"cutEnd":6748.5,"adjustedStart":6672.5,"adjustedEnd":6748.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T05:07:48.326Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":11,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:08:20.145Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/297-032-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/297/conversation-297-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}