Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 561 › Conversation 561-014
United States Secret Service agents on Foreign Policy
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 · 1:43 AM–8:43 AM ET · Oval Office · 55 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and senior staff, including H.R. Haldeman and Ron Ziegler, held extensive discussions regarding the strategic planning of the President’s upcoming trips to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the USSR. The conversation covered the coordination of public announcements, the management of press coverage—specifically regarding New York Times interviews with Chou En-lai—and the integration of these diplomatic maneuvers into the 1972 re-election campaign. Furthermore, the participants reviewed domestic political concerns, including school busing, potential changes to the presidential ticket, and the implementation of a new national economic program involving wage and price controls.
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:43 am on August 11, 1971 and 8:43 am on August 12, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 561-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 561-14
Date: Unknown between August 11, 1971 and August 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm, August 11 and 8:43 am, August 12, 1971
Location: Oval Office
An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 561-14A]
President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]
An agent met with an unknown man [Secret Service agent].
President’s location
-EOB
An agent talked with an unknown person.
A. J. [Surname unknown]Also recorded on August 11, 1971
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- 007-086 9:08 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:08 am.
- 561-002 9:08 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:08 am.
- 561-003 9:08 AM · 28 sec — 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.
- 561-004 9:10 AM · 2 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Harmon Killebrew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 11:40 am.
- 007-087 11:10 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Harmon Killebrew talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:15 am.
- 007-164 11:15 AM · 6 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:57 pm.
- 561-005 11:40 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 11:53 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 561-014, August 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/561-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).