{"conversationCode":"529-004","tapeNumber":529,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-529-004","startDateTime":"1971-06-24T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-24T15:58:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jun-1971","startTime":"11:46 AM","endDate":"24-Jun-1971","endTime":"11:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:46 am to 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 529-004 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. 529-4\n\nDate: June 24, 1971\nTime: 11:46 am - 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n     Schedule\n\n     Mansfield amendment\n         -House of Representatives vote\n\n     Personnel\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]\n\n     Presidential statements\n          -Wording\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                -Effect of Mansfield Amendment on negotiations\n                      -Public relations\n                      -Wording\n                                                 4\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                          Tape Subject Log\n                                            (rev. 10/08)\n\n\n\n     The President’s schedule\n\n     Ziegler’s statement\n\nZiegler entered at an unknown time after 11:46 am.\n\nThe President, et al. left at 11:58 am.","filename":["529-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:38","tapeEnd":"00:19:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Butterfield, Alexander P.","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"529-003","nextCode":"529-005","transcript":[{"start":31.4,"end":37.34,"text":"Point two, here they are, certainly a loser."},{"start":37.36,"end":37.7,"text":"They are sourced."},{"start":88.27,"end":92.81,"text":"This is the room."},{"start":92.83,"end":93.47,"text":"We put a piece of this in there."},{"start":294.43,"end":296.56,"text":"This is our Santa."},{"start":323.07,"end":327.06,"text":"3-5-3-3-4-5-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11"},{"start":353.44,"end":374.25,"text":"I just encourage you to consider ."},{"start":374.27,"end":375.42,"text":"He's already 70% having to repeat what I think they did ."},{"start":375.44,"end":375.68,"text":"He did say ."},{"start":375.7,"end":376.72,"text":"They've got to say the right thing to destroy and ."},{"start":410.63,"end":418.72,"text":"."},{"start":418.74,"end":418.76,"text":"."},{"start":418.78,"end":418.8,"text":"."},{"start":418.82,"end":418.84,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman, Alexander Butterfield, and Ronald Ziegler to coordinate the administration's political and public relations response to the House vote on the Mansfield amendment. The group deliberated on the appropriate wording for presidential statements to effectively manage the amendment's impact on ongoing negotiations. Additionally, the participants briefly touched upon scheduling matters and personnel considerations, including a potential role for Alexander Haig.","topics":["Mansfield amendment","Public relations","Presidential statements","Vietnam War negotiations","White House personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:04:31.260Z"},"topicSlugs":["mansfield-amendment","public-relations","presidential-statements","vietnam-war-negotiations","white-house-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":451,"audioFiles":[{"file":"529-004.mp3","bytes":18042880,"durationSec":450.95,"bitrate":320085,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/529-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/529-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/529/conversation-529-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}