{"conversationCode":"003-017","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:17:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"4:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 003-017\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:17 pm\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\nThe President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     President's forthcoming call (?)\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Call to Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson","filename":["003-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:23:19","tapeEnd":"00:23:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"003-016","nextCode":"003-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.67,"text":"See what he says."},{"start":1.69,"end":3.94,"text":"Senator Jackson of Washington."},{"start":3.96,"end":4.39,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with Henry Kissinger to place a telephone call to Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson. The conversation served as a logistical preparation for the President to initiate contact with the Senator. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Henry M. Jackson","White House communications","Presidential outreach","Foreign policy coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:22:11.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-m-jackson","white-house-communications","presidential-outreach","foreign-policy-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-017.mp3","bytes":73728,"durationSec":5.7,"bitrate":103406,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.592Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}