{"conversationCode":"329-045","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-045","startDateTime":"1972-04-15T19:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-15T22:35:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:12 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1972","endTime":"5:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On April 15, 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 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-045 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. 329-45\n\nDate: April 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number\nLPRN-T-MDR-2014-018. Segment declassified on 10/24/2019. Archivist: MM]\n[National Security]\n[329-045-w001]\n[Duration: 26s]\n\n     Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]\n          -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n               -Location\n\n**************************************************************************","filename":["329-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:59:48","tapeEnd":"05:00:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"329-044","nextCode":"329-046","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.48,"text":"I think, uh, we're going to maybe deliberately wait a second."},{"start":19.5,"end":19.76,"text":"Are you sure?"},{"start":19.78,"end":20.36,"text":"Because what's the FBI check?"},{"start":20.39,"end":25.55,"text":"I just don't want them to be playing games with us on this."},{"start":25.57,"end":25.73,"text":"Alright."},{"start":25.75,"end":25.85,"text":"Okay."},{"start":25.87,"end":25.95,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the tactical delay of a meeting or communication involving Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin. Expressing concern over potential manipulation by the Soviets, the President emphasizes the need for an FBI background check to ensure security. The two agree to postpone their next move until they have verified the reliability of the situation.","topics":["Anatoliy Dobrynin","USSR","Diplomatic strategy","FBI","National security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:22:37.659Z"},"topicSlugs":["anatoliy-dobrynin","ussr","diplomatic-strategy","fbi","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-045.mp3","bytes":1084395,"durationSec":26.96,"bitrate":321770,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}