{"conversationCode":"240-003","tapeNumber":240,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-240-003","startDateTime":"1973-01-06T19:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-06T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:54 PM","endDate":"6-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 240-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"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. 240-3\n\nDate: January 6, 1973\nTime: 2:54 pm - 2:59 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n[See Conversation No. 160-13]\n\f                                             -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["240-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"240-002","nextCode":"240-004","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":3.96,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.98,"end":6.38,"text":"You finished your lunch?"},{"start":6.4,"end":12.54,"text":"Are you still there?"},{"start":12.6,"end":13.44,"text":"Oh, fine, fine."},{"start":13.46,"end":13.92,"text":"How did it go?"},{"start":71.02,"end":71.91,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":71.93,"end":82.74,"text":"Well, you know, you're really coming down."},{"start":109.01,"end":111.44,"text":"So that was the thing that made it happen."},{"start":145.63,"end":172.97,"text":"I don't think, I don't know"},{"start":174.35,"end":191.19,"text":"It may be, of course, that he's referring to us."},{"start":191.21,"end":202.53,"text":"My thing about it is sometimes I wonder if our public statements might be misinterpreted."},{"start":202.55,"end":203.95,"text":"I don't know if they're up to the problem yet."},{"start":216.49,"end":231.83,"text":"One thing I wanted to tell you before we get into it."},{"start":232.79,"end":241.1,"text":"Needless to say, in the course of the week, we do say that you have a great justice community message to be heard."},{"start":241.12,"end":241.87,"text":"And I think you feel free to use one."},{"start":241.88,"end":243.61,"text":"You know, you know the various things you've covered."},{"start":243.63,"end":244.63,"text":"And it's all there."},{"start":244.65,"end":245.75,"text":"You know, you can pull out anything you want."},{"start":249.22,"end":250.53,"text":"Okay."},{"start":251.15,"end":255.65,"text":"Or ask for one."},{"start":256.07,"end":257.1,"text":"Okay."},{"start":258.86,"end":260.13,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger conferred at Camp David to coordinate their messaging strategies regarding ongoing diplomatic or policy negotiations. Nixon emphasized his confidence in Kissinger’s previous communications and granted him full authorization to utilize and reference existing administration policy statements as needed. The brief discussion served to align their public posture and ensure consistency in their upcoming correspondence.","topics":["Foreign Policy","Public Relations","Communication Strategy","Henry Kissinger","Message Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:25:29.414Z"},"topicSlugs":["foreign-policy","public-relations","communication-strategy","henry-kissinger","message-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":265,"audioFiles":[{"file":"240-003.mp3","bytes":6365898,"durationSec":265.11,"bitrate":192100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.537Z","transcriptGapSeconds":60,"transcriptGapShare":0.22,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/240-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/240-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/240/conversation-240-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}