{"conversationCode":"624-007","tapeNumber":624,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-624-007","startDateTime":"1971-11-24T13:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-24T13:49:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:09 AM","endDate":"24-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:49 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 624-007 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. 624-007\n\nDate: November 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:09 am and 8:49 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[624-007-w001]\n[Duration: 25s]\n\n     The President's conversation with Ronald W. Reagan, November 17, 1971\n          -Ronald W. Reagan's conversation with Takeo Fukudo\n               -Takeo Fukudo's conversation with Edward R. G. Heath\n                      -US-Japan trade relations\n                           -Textile agreement\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["624-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:21:09","tapeEnd":"00:24:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"624-006","nextCode":"624-008","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":16.74,"text":"When Reagan was sent on the 17th, he told an interesting conversation he had with Xi, with Fukuda."},{"start":16.76,"end":18.76,"text":"He said to Fukuda that the United States and Japan would never reach a textual agreement."},{"start":18.78,"end":19.78,"text":"This was two days before the agreement was signed."},{"start":19.8,"end":21.8,"text":"Fukuda was making the point that the U.S. and Japan should work together to provide an agreement."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum regarding a recent diplomatic mission conducted by Ronald Reagan. The discussion focuses on Reagan's report of his interactions with Japanese leaders, specifically Fukuda, concerning the potential for a formal textual agreement between the United States and Japan. Nixon records these observations to preserve an account of the diplomatic tensions and negotiations surrounding the bilateral relationship just days before an agreement was finalized.","topics":["Ronald Reagan","Japan","Diplomacy","International Relations","Fukuda","Trade Agreements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:10:59.650Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-reagan","japan","diplomacy","international-relations","fukuda","trade-agreements"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"624-007.mp3","bytes":1032192,"durationSec":25.72,"bitrate":321002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:09.315Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/624-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/624-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/624/conversation-624-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}