{"conversationCode":"298-011","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-011","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:07:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-011 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. 298-11\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement\n          -Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense [Melvin R. Laird]\n\n     Vietnam\n          -Communist military dispositions\n              -Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam","filename":["298-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:35","tapeEnd":"02:14:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"298-010","nextCode":"298-012","transcript":[{"start":5.82,"end":30.85,"text":"I would like to have you prepare over there a brief, I mean, for this announcement, it's going to be very brief, and there's subjections, say, to the page, you know, so we do know what to look at."},{"start":30.87,"end":32.03,"text":"We don't need to do any, the less we explain and all that."},{"start":32.05,"end":33.84,"text":"I think we probably have to mention that, based on the recommendations, etc., etc., etc.,"},{"start":35.11,"end":46.51,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":46.53,"end":50.74,"text":"Anyway, work out something that's pretty fine."},{"start":50.76,"end":59.73,"text":"Second point, I need to give the latest figures, estimates, I should say, estimates, regarding the number of North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia in Mao's time and South Vietnam."},{"start":59.75,"end":60.19,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":60.21,"end":60.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an aide to discuss the drafting and presentation strategy for an upcoming troop withdrawal announcement. He emphasized keeping the public statement concise and directed that it reference the recommendations of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Additionally, the President requested updated intelligence estimates concerning North Vietnamese troop deployments in Cambodia, Laos, and South Vietnam to inform his planning.","topics":["Vietnam War","Troop withdrawals","Melvin Laird","Military intelligence","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:58:04.463Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","troop-withdrawals","melvin-laird","military-intelligence","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-011.mp3","bytes":2425015,"durationSec":60.48,"bitrate":320745,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}