{"conversationCode":"529-013","tapeNumber":529,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-529-013","startDateTime":"1971-06-28T00:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-28T00:14:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:11 PM","endDate":"27-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On June 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 pm and 8:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 529-013 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. 529-13\n\nDate: June 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:11 pm and 8:14 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger between 8:13 pm and 8:14 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-163]","filename":["529-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:46","tapeEnd":"00:38:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"529-012","nextCode":"529-014","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":6.83,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.17,"end":8.09,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":8.17,"end":8.87,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.15,"end":12.9,"text":"Would you, uh, hello?"},{"start":12.92,"end":15.22,"text":"I pray, would you hold that column, Ray?"},{"start":15.24,"end":20.11,"text":"I just placed one there, Ray."},{"start":20.13,"end":20.77,"text":"Would you hold that?"},{"start":20.79,"end":21.37,"text":"Fine."},{"start":21.39,"end":21.61,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":21.63,"end":21.83,"text":"Yes, yeah."},{"start":21.85,"end":23.44,"text":"Yeah, hello, Harry."},{"start":23.46,"end":23.76,"text":"You and Travis?"},{"start":23.78,"end":25.06,"text":"I'm over at the, uh, Oval Office."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spoke briefly via telephone to coordinate their locations and ensure a secure line of communication. The exchange served primarily as a logistical check-in to facilitate a subsequent, more substantive discussion. No major policy decisions were reached during this short interaction, which functioned as a precursor to further executive consultation.","topics":["Presidential communications","Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:05:21.264Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"529-013.mp3","bytes":1241088,"durationSec":30.92,"bitrate":321082,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/529-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/529-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/529/conversation-529-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}