{"conversationCode":"489-026","tapeNumber":489,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-489-026","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T00:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-27T00:51:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"8:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 489-26\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     President's previous meeting with Congressmen\n           -State and Defense Departments\n                 -Jacob K. Javits resolution\n                      -President's war powers\n                            -President's position","filename":["489-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:35:27","tapeEnd":"05:36:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"489-025","nextCode":"489-027","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.2,"text":"I am a dissenter."},{"start":2.7,"end":9.82,"text":"In talking to the group of congressmen today, none of them need or state their defense."},{"start":10.09,"end":35,"text":"testify against the judge's resolution on restricting the war powers of the president, taking those powers from the Congress."},{"start":35.02,"end":35.74,"text":"I do not know what the view is here."},{"start":35.76,"end":37.2,"text":"This, of course, is a vital, very aware, firm line against the proposal."},{"start":37.22,"end":37.99,"text":"Representatives testify according to ."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Henry Kissinger regarding the administration's strategic response to congressional efforts to curtail executive war powers. The discussion focused on formulating a firm stance against the Javits resolution, which sought to limit the President's authority over military engagements. Nixon directed Kissinger to ensure that representatives from the State and Defense Departments testify in direct opposition to these legislative restrictions.","topics":["War powers","Executive authority","Jacob Javits","Congressional relations","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:59:17.008Z"},"topicSlugs":["war-powers","executive-authority","jacob-javits","congressional-relations","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"489-026.mp3","bytes":1523252,"durationSec":37.94,"bitrate":321158,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/489-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/489/conversation-489-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}