{"conversationCode":"036-081","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-081","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:40:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:39 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (Ryan) (Pat);","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-081 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-81\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Between 1:39 pm and 1:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (Pat) Nixon.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 404-16]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\f                                               -51-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 36-81 (cont’d)\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Vietnam settlement\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n                  -Returning with the signed agreement\n            -Television [TV] announcement\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["036-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"036-080","nextCode":"036-082","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.18,"text":"I did."},{"start":2.46,"end":7.73,"text":"Oh, I thought you'd like to know and tell the girls that Kissinger's on his way back and we got the agreement."},{"start":8.27,"end":10.62,"text":"And I'm going to announce it at 10 o'clock tonight on television."},{"start":11.1,"end":13.84,"text":"Oh, great."},{"start":13.9,"end":15.35,"text":"Isn't that marvelous?"},{"start":15.37,"end":16.29,"text":"It's wonderful."},{"start":16.35,"end":16.77,"text":"Okay."},{"start":17.27,"end":17.45,"text":"Good."},{"start":17.47,"end":17.55,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls First Lady Pat Nixon to share the news that Henry Kissinger is returning with a signed Vietnam peace agreement. The President informs her that he plans to deliver a televised announcement regarding the settlement that evening. This brief personal exchange serves to update the First Lady on the successful conclusion of the negotiations.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Accords","Henry Kissinger","Pat Nixon","Televised address"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:02:46.055Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","paris-peace-accords","henry-kissinger","pat-nixon","televised-address"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-081.mp3","bytes":625933,"durationSec":25.95,"bitrate":192990,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.776Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/036/conversation-036-081","catalogNaId":417194599,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417194599","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}