{"conversationCode":"273-002","tapeNumber":273,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-273-002","startDateTime":"1971-08-12T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-12T18:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"12-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 2:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-002 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. 273-2\n\nDate: August 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 2:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman\n          -Press conference, August 12, 1971\n               -Declassification of documents\n          -Ronald Ziegler's report to the President\n          -Administration’s critics\n\n     John N. Mitchell\n          -Textiles\n                     -Japan","filename":["273a.mp3","273b.mp3","273c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:36","tapeEnd":"00:06:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"273-001","nextCode":"273-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"273a.mp3,273b.mp3,273c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":286.64,"end":286.96,"text":"Henry?"},{"start":288.24,"end":290.5,"text":"Oh, I think Erwin's thing went very well."},{"start":290.58,"end":290.74,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":290.88,"end":305.98,"text":"Well, Ron came to give me a report."},{"start":312.77,"end":316.46,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":317.18,"end":318.28,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":318.4,"end":322.38,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":325.94,"end":328.14,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":328.34,"end":332.25,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":332.29,"end":334.49,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":334.51,"end":340.49,"text":"Dwi ddim yn gwneud hynny."},{"start":350.58,"end":351.82,"text":"Diolch yn fawr i chi, Henry."},{"start":354.4,"end":356.52,"text":"Diolch yn fawr i chi."},{"start":356.6,"end":361.67,"text":"Diolch yn fawr i chi."},{"start":361.69,"end":364.45,"text":"Diolch yn fawr i chi."},{"start":364.47,"end":368.62,"text":"Diolch yn fawr i chi."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":276,"end":368.625,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the administration's recent public communications strategy, specifically reviewing a positive report from Ronald Ziegler regarding a press conference led by John Ehrlichman. They also touch upon the issue of declassifying government documents and address diplomatic negotiations concerning textile trade agreements with Japan involving Attorney General John Mitchell. These discussions reflect the President's ongoing focus on managing administration critics and coordinating key domestic and foreign policy messaging.","topics":["Public Relations","John Ehrlichman","Declassification","Textile Trade","Japan","Ronald Ziegler"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:37:44.745Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","john-ehrlichman","declassification","textile-trade","japan","ronald-ziegler"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"273a.mp3","bytes":117365445,"durationSec":7335.25,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"273b.mp3","bytes":117454470,"durationSec":7340.82,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"273c.mp3","bytes":71222751,"durationSec":4451.36,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/273c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/273-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/273/conversation-273-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}