{"conversationCode":"329-031","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-031","startDateTime":"1972-04-13T18:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-13T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"13-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On April 13, 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-031 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. 329-31\n\nDate: April 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Meeting with the President\n          -Scheduling\n\f     The President's meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Kissinger's presence","filename":["329-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:53:34","tapeEnd":"01:54:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"329-030","nextCode":"329-032","transcript":[{"start":5.7,"end":15.37,"text":"Henry, are you free to come over now?"},{"start":17.29,"end":27.73,"text":"What is your situation?"},{"start":27.75,"end":28.99,"text":"Well, I'll tell you, I'll have all of them come over now then."},{"start":29.01,"end":29.37,"text":"About a half hour."},{"start":29.39,"end":29.55,"text":"Anytime."},{"start":29.57,"end":29.91,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":29.93,"end":31.33,"text":"I'll have all of them now."},{"start":31.35,"end":31.57,"text":"Yeah, okay."},{"start":31.59,"end":32.13,"text":"I'll be over in 15 minutes."},{"start":32.15,"end":32.89,"text":"If you come over, we can hook you up."},{"start":35.1,"end":35.74,"text":"Stay here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinated a schedule to convene a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and other staff members in the Executive Office Building. The conversation served primarily as an administrative bridge to facilitate the assembly of key advisors for a briefing or policy discussion. Nixon directed Kissinger to join him shortly, confirming the logistics for the group session.","topics":["Scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:21:18.500Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-031.mp3","bytes":1436526,"durationSec":35.77,"bitrate":321307,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}