{"conversationCode":"617-001","tapeNumber":617,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-617-001","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T20:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T21:02:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:59 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-001 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. 617-001\n\nDate: November 12, 1971\nTime: 3:59 pm - unknown before 4:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement\n          -Photographs\n          -Ziegler's announcement\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm.","filename":["617-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:49","tapeEnd":"00:03:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"616-012","nextCode":"617-002","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":20.14,"text":"I'm going to go out and announce it out on TV."},{"start":20.16,"end":20.56,"text":"I'm pretty stressed."},{"start":20.58,"end":21.16,"text":"Yeah, you'll say it out loud."},{"start":21.18,"end":21.54,"text":"I'll say out loud."},{"start":21.56,"end":21.92,"text":"I'll say out loud."},{"start":21.94,"end":22.3,"text":"I'll say out loud."},{"start":22.32,"end":22.68,"text":"I'll say out loud."},{"start":29.41,"end":45.94,"text":"But I'm going to tell them now that you'll be up in just a moment."},{"start":45.96,"end":48.15,"text":"If you want me to come right out, I'll come back and get you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met to coordinate the public communication strategy for an impending troop withdrawal announcement. They discussed the logistics of Nixon’s televised address and the supporting materials, specifically photographs, to be released by the press office. The meeting served to finalize Ziegler’s role in managing the official announcement and ensuring that the media strategy aligned with the President’s planned delivery.","topics":["Troop withdrawal","Public relations","Televised address","White House press operations","Vietnam War"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:51:38.932Z"},"topicSlugs":["troop-withdrawal","public-relations","televised-address","white-house-press-operations","vietnam-war"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"617-001.mp3","bytes":1929216,"durationSec":48.11,"bitrate":320814,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.997Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.174Z","transcriptGapSeconds":37,"transcriptGapShare":0.76,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/617-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/617/conversation-617-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}