{"conversationCode":"283-036","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-036","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T16:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On October 6, 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-036 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. 283-036\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number\nLPRN-T-MDR-2012-004 & LPRN-T-MDR-2014-004. Segment declassified on 05/27/2015.\nArchivist: JD]\n[National Security]\n[283-036-w001]\n[Duration: 31s]\n\n     Pakistan situation\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n            -Indians\n                  -Border\n            -United States involvement\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["283-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:00","tapeEnd":"03:10:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"283-035","nextCode":"283-037","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":29.02,"text":"You're welcome."},{"start":29.95,"end":31.1,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss the volatile situation between India and Pakistan. The conversation focused on rising tensions at the border and the potential strategic implications of United States involvement in the regional conflict. The exchange served as a briefing on maintaining neutrality while monitoring military developments in South Asia.","topics":["Pakistan","India","Border tensions","Foreign policy","South Asia"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:22:59.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["pakistan","india","border-tensions","foreign-policy","south-asia"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-036.mp3","bytes":1247415,"durationSec":31.05,"bitrate":321359,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.881Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}