{"conversationCode":"317-009","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-009","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:09 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On January 24, 1972, 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 3:09 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 317-009\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\nThe President's forthcoming Vietnam speech\n-Meeting with Kissinger\n-Changes in draft\n-The President's previous conversation with William L. Safire","filename":["317-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:17:36","tapeEnd":"01:18:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"317-008","nextCode":"317-010","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":17.72,"text":"Are you ready to come over and talk about this graph now?"},{"start":17.74,"end":17.84,"text":"Sure."},{"start":17.86,"end":19.44,"text":"That's all right, come on."},{"start":19.46,"end":28.21,"text":"Now you have all your suggestions in this graph."},{"start":28.23,"end":28.33,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to review and refine the draft of the President's upcoming Vietnam policy speech. The two discussed specific revisions to the text, incorporating suggestions previously deliberated during Nixon's consultations with William L. Safire. This meeting served as a final editorial session to finalize the rhetoric and messaging regarding the administration's stance on the conflict.","topics":["Vietnam War","Speechwriting","Foreign policy","William L. Safire","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:45:01.885Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","speechwriting","foreign-policy","william-l-safire","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-009.mp3","bytes":1138746,"durationSec":28.33,"bitrate":321617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}