{"conversationCode":"322-013","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-013","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T20:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T20:23:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:18 PM","endDate":"29-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On February 29, 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 3:18 pm and 3:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-013 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. 322-13\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:18 pm and 3:23 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Meeting\n               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Ronald L. Ziegler\n               -Kissinger’s schedule\n               -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n               -Kissinger’s schedule\n                      -Forthcoming dinner at the White House\n\n                      -Hair cut\n                      -Plans for the evening","filename":["322-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:11","tapeEnd":"00:19:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"322-012","nextCode":"322-014","transcript":[{"start":3.83,"end":11.9,"text":"I've got to have a little bit of a problem if we're on."},{"start":11.92,"end":13.16,"text":"Are you free ?"},{"start":13.5,"end":33.45,"text":"I'd like for you and Kate to come."},{"start":33.47,"end":33.85,"text":"Would you be there?"},{"start":33.88,"end":37.7,"text":"I want you to hear this ."},{"start":37.72,"end":38.12,"text":"We can always talk ."},{"start":38.14,"end":38.52,"text":"All right, folks."},{"start":38.54,"end":39.36,"text":"OK. Why don't you just get the hair cut?"},{"start":39.38,"end":39.8,"text":"You look nice anyway."},{"start":39.82,"end":40.18,"text":"What's the matter?"},{"start":40.2,"end":40.7,"text":"You got a date tonight?"},{"start":40.72,"end":41.26,"text":"Tell me about these things."},{"start":41.28,"end":42.54,"text":"I get a vicarious thrill out of seeing what these young men do."},{"start":44.87,"end":45.87,"text":"Hey!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics and scheduling for upcoming White House events. The conversation focused on managing the attendance of key staff members, including H. R. Haldeman, Ronald Ziegler, and Alexander Haig, at a forthcoming dinner. Additionally, the President offered casual remarks regarding Kissinger’s personal grooming and evening plans, underscoring the informal nature of the scheduling coordination.","topics":["White House scheduling","Henry Kissinger","H. R. Haldeman","Alexander Haig","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:58:22.046Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","henry-kissinger","h-r-haldeman","alexander-haig","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-013.mp3","bytes":2001815,"durationSec":49.91,"bitrate":320857,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}