{"conversationCode":"301-011","tapeNumber":301,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-301-011","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On November 3, 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 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 301-011 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. 301-11\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger\n\n     Kissinger\n          -Schedule\n               -Meeting with (Jacques) Maurice Couve De Murville\n               -The President","filename":["301-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:22","tapeEnd":"03:12:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"301-010","nextCode":"301-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":24.74,"text":"I'm pretty sure if you're meeting yet, you should know that."},{"start":24.76,"end":25.34,"text":"Is there somebody else there?"},{"start":25.36,"end":25.8,"text":"I'm moving right over."},{"start":25.82,"end":26.12,"text":"Oh, fine, fine."},{"start":26.14,"end":26.56,"text":"You didn't mind that?"},{"start":26.58,"end":26.8,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":26.82,"end":27.24,"text":"I appreciate it, man."},{"start":27.26,"end":27.54,"text":"Simple matter."},{"start":27.56,"end":27.84,"text":"Oh, honorable."},{"start":27.86,"end":28.29,"text":"I appreciate it, man."},{"start":28.3,"end":28.7,"text":"When you finish, uh,"},{"start":29.23,"end":36.64,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met briefly to coordinate their schedules regarding a meeting with former French Prime Minister Jacques Maurice Couve de Murville. The discussion served as a logistical check-in to ensure the President was prepared for the upcoming engagement with the French diplomat. Kissinger confirmed the arrangements, and the two finalized their plans for the immediate succession of meetings.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Jacques Maurice Couve de Murville","Diplomatic scheduling","White House logistics","French-American relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:08:33.157Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","jacques-maurice-couve-de-murville","diplomatic-scheduling","white-house-logistics","french-american-relations"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"301-011.mp3","bytes":1583856,"durationSec":39.47,"bitrate":321064,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/301-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/301-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/301/conversation-301-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}