{"conversationCode":"555-014","tapeNumber":555,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-555-014","startDateTime":"1971-08-06T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-06T01:43:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Aug-1971","startTime":"8:50 PM","endDate":"5-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On August 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 555-14\n                                            42\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                    Tape Subject Log\n                                      (rev. 10/06)\n                                                                   Conv. No. 555-13 (cont.)\n\n\n\nDate: August 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Harmon Killebrew\n         -Possible 500th home run\n              -Congratulations\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 8:50\npm and 9:43 pm.\n\n     William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[National Security]\n[Duration: 25s ]\n\n\n     SOUTHEAST ASIA\n\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n\n     Laos\n            -Missionary report\n                 -Tribes\n                      -Irregular forces\n                            -Communists\n                                             43\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                     Tape Subject Log\n                                       (rev. 10/06)\n                                                                     Conv. No. 555-14 (cont.)","filename":["555-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:49:43","tapeEnd":"04:51:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"555-013","nextCode":"555-015","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":16.69,"text":"in case I missed it on the sports page, or to be sure, the farming letter, I'll go to the next piece."},{"start":16.71,"end":17.94,"text":"512, so that I can send my congratulations to Colin and Paul."},{"start":17.96,"end":18.44,"text":"Memorandum of Kissinger."},{"start":18.46,"end":19.02,"text":"The literati have told me of"},{"start":50.57,"end":79.69,"text":"It tells me that his missionary friends say that these tribes of which are only your regulars are our main low work against communist influence in that part of the world."},{"start":79.7,"end":80,"text":"End of my rant."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Henry Kissinger to dictate several administrative memoranda regarding personal outreach and regional intelligence. He directed a congratulatory message to be sent to baseball player Harmon Killebrew and requested communication with Billy Graham. Additionally, Nixon addressed a missionary report concerning tribal irregular forces in Laos, highlighting their strategic importance in countering communist influence in Southeast Asia.","topics":["Harmon Killebrew","Billy Graham","Laos","Southeast Asia","Counter-insurgency","Tribal forces"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:38:09.505Z"},"topicSlugs":["harmon-killebrew","billy-graham","laos","southeast-asia","counter-insurgency","tribal-forces"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"555-014.mp3","bytes":3280767,"durationSec":81.87,"bitrate":320581,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/555-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/555-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/555/conversation-555-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}