{"conversationCode":"505-021","tapeNumber":505,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-505-021","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T15:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T16:08:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"11:43 AM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"12:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ronne, Torben; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Torben Ronne, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 12:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-021 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. 505-021\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: 11:43 am - unknown before 12:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Torben Ronne and Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n      Greetings\n\n      Ronne’s tenure in office [?]\n\n      Ronne's appreciation\n          -Departing comments\n\nThe recording ended at an unknown time before 12:08 pm.","filename":["505-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:34:54","tapeEnd":"06:35:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ronne, Torben","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"505-020","nextCode":"506-001","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":17.01,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":17.65,"end":24.4,"text":"About six and a half years, really."},{"start":24.78,"end":30.3,"text":"It's a long time."},{"start":30.74,"end":39.35,"text":"But first of all, I would like to express my gratitude for the kindness and cooperation we have had."},{"start":39.38,"end":41.92,"text":"And I will not, it's my feeling that I will not lessen, really, my now sadness of being overshadowed in this very few years."},{"start":41.9,"end":48.3,"text":"And I'm going back, as you know, to any foreclosures from non-sectional statesmen."},{"start":48.78,"end":50.91,"text":"I do hope that I can serve all sort of things."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met with the departing Danish Ambassador, Torben Ronne, to mark the conclusion of his six-and-a-half-year tenure. The meeting focused on formal farewells, with Ronne expressing his appreciation for the cooperation he received during his time in Washington. The participants briefly discussed Ronne's transition back to Denmark and his future aspirations to continue his public service.","topics":["Diplomacy","Danish-American relations","Torben Ronne","Henry Kissinger","Farewell meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:32:47.692Z"},"topicSlugs":["diplomacy","danish-american-relations","torben-ronne","henry-kissinger","farewell-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"505-021.mp3","bytes":2189897,"durationSec":54.6,"bitrate":320886,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/505-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/505/conversation-505-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}