{"conversationCode":"355-019","tapeNumber":355,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-355-019","startDateTime":"1972-10-05T12:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-05T13:16:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:08 AM","endDate":"5-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On October 5, 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 8:08 am and 9:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 355-19\n\nDate: October 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:08 am and 9:16 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n        Request for a meeting","filename":["355-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"355-018","nextCode":"355-020","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":3.58,"text":"And if you want to come up with a couple of these things now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate their upcoming schedules and address pressing administrative matters. The discussion focused on establishing an agenda for future consultations and identifying specific policy items requiring immediate attention. They prioritized the refinement of these topics to streamline the executive decision-making process.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Policy coordination","Executive administration","National security briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:45:07.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","policy-coordination","executive-administration","national-security-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"355-019.mp3","bytes":194977,"durationSec":8.07,"bitrate":193365,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:25.703Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/355-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/355-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/355/conversation-355-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}