{"conversationCode":"561-014","tapeNumber":561,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-561-014","startDateTime":"1971-08-11T05:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-12T12:43:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:43 AM","endDate":"12-Aug-1971","endTime":"8:43 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","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.","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. 561-14\n\nDate: Unknown between August 11, 1971 and August 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:43 pm, August 11 and 8:43 am, August 12, 1971\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.\n\n[Conversation No. 561-14A]\n\n     President’s location\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nAn agent met with an unknown man [Secret Service agent].\n\n     President’s location\n           -EOB\n\nAn agent talked with an unknown person.\n\n     A. J. [Surname unknown]","filename":["561-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:36:47","tapeEnd":"04:37:42","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"561-013","nextCode":"562-001","transcript":[{"start":1.52,"end":14.55,"text":"Grazie a tutti."},{"start":45.1,"end":55.28,"text":"Oh, c'è chi c'è."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Foreign Policy","People's Republic of China","USSR","1972 Presidential Campaign","Economic Policy","Press Relations","Spiro Agnew"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:46:53.518Z"},"topicSlugs":["foreign-policy","peoples-republic-of-china","ussr","1972-presidential-campaign","economic-policy","press-relations","spiro-agnew"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"561-014.mp3","bytes":2214971,"durationSec":55.24,"bitrate":320767,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.332Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:01.120Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/561-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/561-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/561/conversation-561-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}