{"conversationCode":"279-011","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-011","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:24:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:23 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:23 pm to 12:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-011 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. 279-11\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 12:23 pm - 12:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-116]","filename":["279-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:36:35","tapeEnd":"01:37:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"279-010","nextCode":"279-012","transcript":[{"start":0.11,"end":0.29,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.45,"end":7.27,"text":"Get out of Kissinger, a response, a positive response on the East-West trade and the Comer River thing."},{"start":7.33,"end":24.3,"text":"He said he's got some thinking about that in the first section of the paper, too, but just to remind people what we've done."},{"start":26.04,"end":26.26,"text":"All right."},{"start":26.28,"end":26.52,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan briefly discussed securing a positive response from Henry Kissinger regarding East-West trade initiatives and the Comer River project. The President directed Buchanan to ensure that Kissinger’s forthcoming paper highlights the administration’s previous accomplishments in these areas. This exchange functioned as a follow-up to coordinate communication strategy on foreign policy developments.","topics":["East-West trade","Henry Kissinger","Comer River project","Foreign policy","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:02:44.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["east-west-trade","henry-kissinger","comer-river-project","foreign-policy","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-011.mp3","bytes":1071872,"durationSec":26.67,"bitrate":321530,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}