{"conversationCode":"016-039","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-039","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T04:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T04:46:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:45 PM","endDate":"7-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On December 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:45 pm to 11:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 16-39\n\nDate: December 7, 1971\nTime: 11:45 pm - 11:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     India-Pakistan War\n           -United Nations [UN] General Assembly session\n                -Vote\n                     -Canada\n\n     Kissinger’s return call to the President","filename":["016-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:33","tapeEnd":"01:21:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"016-038","nextCode":"016-040","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":2.85,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.87,"end":4.83,"text":"Henry, I'm just curious, how did Canada vote?"},{"start":6.62,"end":8.2,"text":"I can find out for you in a minute."},{"start":8.46,"end":10,"text":"You understand, I'm just curious."},{"start":10.48,"end":14.41,"text":"All of our collaborative evidence is good."},{"start":14.43,"end":15.19,"text":"Yes, let me check on that immediately."},{"start":15.21,"end":15.63,"text":"All right."},{"start":18.26,"end":21.7,"text":"Want to call me back?"},{"start":21.72,"end":22.22,"text":"I'll call you right back."},{"start":22.24,"end":22.77,"text":"It's time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spoke briefly to address the ongoing India-Pakistan War as it played out at the United Nations. Nixon inquired specifically about how Canada cast its vote during a UN General Assembly session regarding the conflict. Kissinger committed to verifying this information immediately and reporting back to the President.","topics":["India-Pakistan War","United Nations","Canada","Diplomacy","Foreign Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:33:05.184Z"},"topicSlugs":["india-pakistan-war","united-nations","canada","diplomacy","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-039.mp3","bytes":551078,"durationSec":22.9,"bitrate":192482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}