{"conversationCode":"287-018","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-018","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:49 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:49 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-018 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. 287-18\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:49 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["287-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:40:46","tapeEnd":"01:41:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"287-017","nextCode":"287-019","transcript":[{"start":4.57,"end":16.54,"text":"I have to talk to you."},{"start":16.56,"end":29.72,"text":"I'm going to talk to you tomorrow night about some of the things that I have over some other stuff."},{"start":30.89,"end":36.97,"text":"Now, I know that you've got, I know that you've got quite a few of them, but of course, I'm going to throw you off."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to briefly coordinate his upcoming schedule and communication priorities. The discussion centered on arranging a follow-up meeting with Henry Kissinger to address specific pending matters. The primary action item resulting from the exchange was the scheduling of a briefing for the following evening to review these outstanding issues.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Henry Kissinger","White House coordination","Administrative planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:32:51.799Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","henry-kissinger","white-house-coordination","administrative-planning"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-018.mp3","bytes":1482501,"durationSec":36.93,"bitrate":321153,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}