{"conversationCode":"302-025","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-025","startDateTime":"1971-11-01T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:29:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On November 1, 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 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-025 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. 302-25\n\nDate: November 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Melvin R. Laird\n               -Kissinger","filename":["302-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:37:31","tapeEnd":"02:38:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"302-024","nextCode":"302-026","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":14.44,"text":"Henry, I'm going to meet Laird here at the EOP at 3."},{"start":14.46,"end":21.96,"text":"I thought we'd let him go on at 4."},{"start":21.98,"end":22.88,"text":"And so I'd like you to come over ."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Henry Kissinger regarding the scheduling and coordination of an upcoming meeting with Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. The President instructed Kissinger to attend the session, which was slated for that afternoon at the Executive Office Building. This conversation served to organize the administrative logistics and ensure the national security advisor's presence for the consultation with the Defense Secretary.","topics":["Melvin R. Laird","Executive Office Building","Scheduling","National Security","Defense Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:12:12.966Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-r-laird","executive-office-building","scheduling","national-security","defense-policy"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-025.mp3","bytes":919301,"durationSec":22.84,"bitrate":322032,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}