{"conversationCode":"270-012","tapeNumber":270,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-270-012","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 270-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 270-12\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: 5:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n     Foreign policy\n          -Pakistan\n                 -Arms and economic embargo\n                      -Possible Senate action","filename":["270-012-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:01:04","tapeEnd":"01:04:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"270-011","nextCode":"270-013","tapeTranscriptFile":"270a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3663.65,"end":3687.1,"text":"Looking at the Pakistan with regard to the arms, what really is, what are the or economic embargo or both?"},{"start":3688.72,"end":3688.9,"text":"Okay."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3664,"end":3852,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss the status of arms and economic aid to Pakistan in the face of mounting pressure from Congress. The primary focus was on navigating the potential for adverse Senate action regarding an arms embargo against the Pakistani government. This discussion highlights the administration's efforts to manage foreign policy challenges amid legislative scrutiny during the ongoing crisis in the region.","topics":["Pakistan","Arms Embargo","Foreign Policy","Economic Aid","Senate","Legislative Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:34:35.472Z"},"topicSlugs":["pakistan","arms-embargo","foreign-policy","economic-aid","senate","legislative-relations"],"audioDurationSec":191,"audioFiles":[{"file":"270-012-splice.mp3","bytes":3056161,"durationSec":190.98,"bitrate":128019,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.689Z","originalFilename":["270a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["270a.mp3"],"cutStart":3662.5,"cutEnd":3853.5,"adjustedStart":3662.5,"adjustedEnd":3853.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:28.689Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":3,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:11:57.398Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/270-012-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/270-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/270/conversation-270-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}