{"conversationCode":"489-031","tapeNumber":489,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-489-031","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 489-031 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. 489-31\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     Vietnam\n          -Press coverage\n                -Possible administration response","filename":["489-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:40:20","tapeEnd":"05:40:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"489-030","nextCode":"489-032","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":14.44,"text":"I had a minister, another guy, that wanted to do is press the taxes in regard to the in Vietnam through the quote, thousands, unquote."},{"start":14.46,"end":14.84,"text":"Watch what that do."},{"start":14.86,"end":19.52,"text":"And all are doing it's problem because it could be"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to deliberate on the administration's public relations strategy regarding the ongoing conflict in Vietnam. The discussion focused on addressing negative press coverage and managing the political implications of critical reports. Nixon initiated the session to dictate a memorandum outlining potential administrative responses to dampen public opposition and control the narrative surrounding the war effort.","topics":["Vietnam War","Press Relations","Public Opinion","White House Strategy","Administration Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:59:44.964Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","press-relations","public-opinion","white-house-strategy","administration-policy"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"489-031.mp3","bytes":831530,"durationSec":20.66,"bitrate":322050,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/489-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/489/conversation-489-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}