{"conversationCode":"169-020","tapeNumber":169,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-169-020","startDateTime":"1973-06-20T15:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-20T15:25:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:24 AM","endDate":"20-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On June 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:24 am to 11:25 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 169-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 169-20\n\nDate: June 20, 1973\nTime: 11:24 am - 11:25 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Kissinger’s schedule\n           -Meetings\n\n     President’s schedule\n\f                                               -14-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 169-20 (cont’d)\n\n           -Meeting with Soviet Union officials","filename":["169-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"169-019","nextCode":"169-021","transcript":[{"start":0.94,"end":2.38,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":3.21,"end":4.23,"text":"Are you meeting with anybody?"},{"start":5.33,"end":9.76,"text":"Uh, I was, uh, no, no, I was, uh, I'm free now."},{"start":9.78,"end":10.6,"text":"Oh, fine, fine."},{"start":10.62,"end":11.32,"text":"What's your model?"},{"start":11.34,"end":13.25,"text":"We might as well chat waiting for this phone."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spoke briefly to coordinate their immediate availability for discussions. Nixon inquired about Kissinger's current schedule and potential meetings to ensure they were prepared for upcoming engagements, including the President's scheduled meeting with Soviet Union officials. The call functioned primarily as a logistical check-in to align their respective calendars while at Camp David.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Presidential scheduling","Soviet Union","Camp David","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:37:01.489Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","presidential-scheduling","soviet-union","camp-david","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"169-020.mp3","bytes":731136,"durationSec":22.72,"bitrate":257442,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:59.003Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/169-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/169-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/169/conversation-169-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}