{"conversationCode":"303-006","tapeNumber":303,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-303-006","startDateTime":"1971-10-26T17:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-26T17:51:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"26-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.;","description":"On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 303-006 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. 303-006\n\nDate: October 26, 1971\nTime: 1:50 pm - 1:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with William P. Rogers.\n\n[See Conversation No. See 13-14]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["303-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:04","tapeEnd":"00:13:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rogers, William P."],"prevCode":"303-005","nextCode":"303-007","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.98,"end":13.77,"text":"Bill, just be sure to read that portion of your statement where we still consider him a member of the international community."},{"start":13.79,"end":14.5,"text":"He's planned to add his department."},{"start":14.52,"end":15.14,"text":"See, he's just made a decision."},{"start":15.16,"end":16.8,"text":"I'm not sure if he's very interested in all that."},{"start":16.82,"end":16.92,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":16.94,"end":17.04,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Secretary of State William P. Rogers to emphasize in an upcoming statement that a specific individual should remain regarded as a member of the international community. The brief discussion served to align the State Department’s official rhetoric with the President's preferred diplomatic stance. Rogers acknowledged the directive, confirming he would incorporate the requested language into his departmental communications.","topics":["International Relations","Diplomacy","State Department","Foreign Policy","William P. Rogers"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:13:26.107Z"},"topicSlugs":["international-relations","diplomacy","state-department","foreign-policy","william-p-rogers"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"303-006.mp3","bytes":686305,"durationSec":17.01,"bitrate":322792,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.316Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/303-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/303-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/303/conversation-303-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}