{"conversationCode":"576-015","tapeNumber":576,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-576-015","startDateTime":"1971-09-20T16:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-20T16:44:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:25 PM","endDate":"20-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Au, Ronald G. S.; LeTendre, Andre; Bell, George T.; White House photographer;","description":"On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 576-015 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. 576-015/577-001\n\nDate: September 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, and George T. Bell; the White House\nphotographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n     Ronald Au\n          -President of the United States [US] Jaycees\n\n     Andre LeTendre\n\n     [Photographs]\n\n     Au's trip\n\n     Arthur F. Burns\n          -Delay in meeting\n\nThis conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:44 pm.\n\n[An unknown portion of the conversation was not recorded while the tape was being changed]","filename":["576-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:33:22","tapeEnd":"06:34:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Au, Ronald G. S.","LeTendre, Andre","Bell, George T.","White House photographer"],"prevCode":"576-014","nextCode":"577-001","transcript":[{"start":24.16,"end":24.53,"text":"Well, how are you?"},{"start":24.55,"end":24.87,"text":"Congratulations."},{"start":24.89,"end":25.21,"text":"Hi, how are you?"},{"start":25.23,"end":25.67,"text":"Good to have you here."},{"start":25.69,"end":26.47,"text":"I thought we got a formal shot for you."},{"start":26.49,"end":26.71,"text":"I was here."},{"start":26.73,"end":26.93,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":26.95,"end":27.27,"text":"Congratulations."},{"start":31.81,"end":47.15,"text":"And if anyone's sitting at the desk talking about this trick, we're gonna use it now for QA."},{"start":47.17,"end":51.18,"text":"Yeah, we'll give you a nice quote there."},{"start":51.2,"end":52.52,"text":"Uh..."},{"start":52.54,"end":53.34,"text":"If anyone burns, we'll lay them on fire."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Ronald G. S. Au, the President of the U.S. Jaycees, along with Andre LeTendre and George T. Bell to host a formal photo opportunity in the Oval Office. The participants exchanged pleasantries and brief remarks regarding the photography session. Discussions touched upon Au’s recent trip and the scheduling of an upcoming meeting with Arthur F. Burns before the recording was interrupted.","topics":["U.S. Jaycees","Ronald G. S. Au","Oval Office","White House photography","Arthur F. Burns"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:03:03.674Z"},"topicSlugs":["u-s-jaycees","ronald-g-s-au","oval-office","white-house-photography","arthur-f-burns"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"576-015.mp3","bytes":2139402,"durationSec":53.36,"bitrate":320742,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/576-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/576-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/576/conversation-576-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}