{"conversationCode":"647-006","tapeNumber":647,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-647-006","startDateTime":"1972-01-13T15:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-13T15:35:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:34 AM","endDate":"13-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 647-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 647-6\n\nDate: January 13, 1972\nTime: 10:34 am - 10:35 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     Procedure for announcing US troop withdrawals from Vietnam\n          -The President and Melvin R. Laird\n\n           -The President’s comments\n                 -Length\n           -Introduction of the President\n           -Laird’s role\n           -Report by Ziegler\n           -Timing\n\nZiegler left at 10:35 am.","filename":["647a.mp3","647b.mp3","647c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:55","tapeEnd":"00:20:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"647-005","nextCode":"647-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"647a.mp3,647b.mp3,647c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1204.86,"end":1209.3,"text":"be the same procedure as we followed before."},{"start":1209.44,"end":1211.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1211.66,"end":1213.56,"text":"All right."},{"start":1213.6,"end":1216.22,"text":"Yeah, I'll just take a one-minute, half-minute announcement."},{"start":1216.24,"end":1225.31,"text":"Just before you come out, I'll say that you are coming out, then we'll make a brief announcement, then Secretary Laird will take questions."},{"start":1225.35,"end":1225.49,"text":"Okay."},{"start":1225.53,"end":1227.69,"text":"I'll give you a report."},{"start":1228.43,"end":1228.77,"text":"Sure."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1185.5,"end":1239.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met to coordinate the public communication strategy regarding upcoming U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. They established a procedure where Nixon would deliver a brief announcement following an introduction by Ziegler, after which Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird would handle subsequent press questions. Ziegler committed to providing the President with a status report prior to the official announcement.","topics":["Vietnam War","Troop withdrawals","Melvin R. Laird","Public relations","Press strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:49:22.295Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","troop-withdrawals","melvin-r-laird","public-relations","press-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"647a.mp3","bytes":176535300,"durationSec":7355.58,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"647b.mp3","bytes":176737174,"durationSec":7363.99,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"647c.mp3","bytes":34993213,"durationSec":1457.99,"bitrate":192007,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/647a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/647b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/647c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/647-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/647/conversation-647-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}