{"conversationCode":"561-003","tapeNumber":561,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-561-003","startDateTime":"1971-08-11T13:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-11T13:10:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:08 AM","endDate":"11-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 561-003 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. 561-3\n\nDate: August 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:08 am and 9:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Kissinger's schedule","filename":["561-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:50","tapeEnd":"00:10:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"561-002","nextCode":"561-004","transcript":[{"start":7.74,"end":19.41,"text":"Henry, can you, uh, I thought about this situation regarding Bob, and I'd have you in with him, and I want to talk, so I make a damn straight as to what this is about."},{"start":19.43,"end":20.25,"text":"Are you free now?"},{"start":20.76,"end":21.14,"text":"What are you doing?"},{"start":21.16,"end":21.72,"text":"Talk to somebody?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss coordinating a meeting involving H.R. Haldeman to clarify specific administrative or strategic objectives. The President emphasizes his desire to establish clear expectations and ensure that all parties are aligned regarding the intended focus of the discussion. This brief interaction serves as a preparatory step to streamline communication and firm up the agenda for the subsequent meeting.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House administration","Internal communication","Strategic planning","Presidential agenda"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:45:50.583Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","internal-communication","strategic-planning","presidential-agenda"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"561-003.mp3","bytes":1122007,"durationSec":27.9,"bitrate":321687,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/561-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/561-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/561/conversation-561-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}