{"conversationCode":"279-036","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-036","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T21:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:25:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.; Riland, W. Kenneth (Dr.);","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Walter R. Tkach, and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:50 pm to 6:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-036 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. 279-36\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 5:50 pm - 6:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Brig. Gen. Walter R. Tkach and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/09/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[279-036-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 47s]\n\n       Greetings\n\f       The President's appreciation for W. Kenneth Riland's visit\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nTkach and Riland left at 6:25 pm.","filename":["279-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:22:45","tapeEnd":"03:25:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Tkach, Walter R.","Riland, W. Kenneth (Dr.)","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Tkach, Walter R.","Riland, W. Kenneth (Dr.)"],"prevCode":"279-035","nextCode":"279-037","transcript":[{"start":5.16,"end":6.48,"text":"Well, all right."},{"start":6.68,"end":7.6,"text":"All right."},{"start":49.61,"end":49.79,"text":"Oh, my God."},{"start":82.09,"end":83.13,"text":"Uh, got to get it coming down fast."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his physician, Brigadier General Walter R. Tkach, and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland to discuss medical matters. The participants engaged in a brief consultation regarding the President's ongoing health and physical well-being. This meeting served as a routine medical evaluation and personal check-in between Nixon and his healthcare providers.","topics":["Presidential health","Medical consultation","Walter R. Tkach","W. Kenneth Riland"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:05:06.374Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-health","medical-consultation","walter-r-tkach","w-kenneth-riland"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-036.mp3","bytes":4075954,"durationSec":101.76,"bitrate":320428,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.371Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}