{"conversationCode":"019-043","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-043","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:09:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.;","description":"On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 19-43\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: 3:08 pm - 3:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nWilliam L. Safire talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 317-8]\n\n     The President's forthcoming Vietnam speech\n          -William P. Rogers\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n          -The President's schedule","filename":["019-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Safire, William L."],"prevCode":"019-042","nextCode":"019-044","transcript":[{"start":1.6,"end":1.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.16,"end":3.24,"text":"Mr. Sapphire, sir."},{"start":4.5,"end":6.3,"text":"Yeah, I'm tied up right now."},{"start":6.8,"end":7.22,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.3,"end":8.07,"text":"Yeah, go ahead."},{"start":8.09,"end":8.47,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.49,"end":8.71,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.27,"end":9.73,"text":"There you are."},{"start":10.27,"end":10.41,"text":"Hello."},{"start":10.55,"end":11.03,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":11.19,"end":11.71,"text":"Yeah, hi."},{"start":11.81,"end":22.62,"text":"I just wondered if you wanted me to run the copy that I have past Bill Rogers or wait until... Not yet, because I just got to it now, and I want to look at the substance first, and then we'll do it later this afternoon."},{"start":22.74,"end":23.26,"text":"I'll let you know."},{"start":23.52,"end":27.62,"text":"There were a few additional paragraphs added by Henry that he felt very important."},{"start":29.27,"end":32.39,"text":"Yeah, I'm just taking a look at them now, and I'll let you know."},{"start":32.43,"end":34.18,"text":"I'll probably be ready in about an hour."},{"start":34.22,"end":35.3,"text":"Okay, I'll see you in a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and speechwriter William Safire coordinated the final revisions for an upcoming address regarding Vietnam policy. Nixon directed Safire to hold off on sharing the draft with Secretary of State William P. Rogers while he personally reviewed recent additions proposed by Henry Kissinger. The President committed to providing further instructions and finalized feedback on the speech text later that afternoon.","topics":["Vietnam War","Speechwriting","William P. Rogers","Henry A. Kissinger","Presidential Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:38:57.612Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","speechwriting","william-p-rogers","henry-a-kissinger","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-043.mp3","bytes":885863,"durationSec":36.85,"bitrate":192321,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}