{"conversationCode":"298-031","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-031","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T21:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T21:29:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:29 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 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-031 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. 298-31\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Requested unknown man [Henry A. Kissinger?] be asked to join him","filename":["298-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:36:28","tapeEnd":"02:36:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"298-030","nextCode":"298-032","transcript":[{"start":4.71,"end":16.54,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.75,"end":18.11,"text":"Listen, tell them."},{"start":18.13,"end":19.01,"text":"Just tell them."},{"start":19.03,"end":21.06,"text":"There's no hurry."},{"start":21.08,"end":24.17,"text":"When it's convenient for them to step over, I'm no hurry."},{"start":24.19,"end":24.27,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal coordination call to request that an unknown associate, possibly Henry Kissinger, join him in the Old Executive Office Building. He instructed the intermediary to convey the request to the individual without urgency, emphasizing flexibility in the timing of the meeting. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Scheduling","Presidential staff coordination","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:59:56.514Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","presidential-staff-coordination","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-031.mp3","bytes":974697,"durationSec":24.23,"bitrate":321860,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}