{"conversationCode":"370-010","tapeNumber":370,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-370-010","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T20:19:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:15 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On October 19, 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 4:15 pm and 4:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 370-010 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. 370-10\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:15 pm and 4:19 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n`\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the President.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Gen. William C. Westmoreland\n                -The President's previous conversation with H.R. (“Bob”)\n                 Haldeman\n                -Philadelphia trip\n\n        Vietnam negotiations\n            -Anatoly F. Dobrynin\n            -Reports","filename":["370-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"370-009","nextCode":"370-011","transcript":[{"start":5.04,"end":27.01,"text":"I'll see you at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning."},{"start":27.03,"end":27.89,"text":"I'll just go over what I've applied to you."},{"start":27.91,"end":33.66,"text":"I actually need a pen and paper for another outfit."},{"start":33.68,"end":34.24,"text":"So I'll spend half of it."},{"start":34.26,"end":34.86,"text":"Yeah, thank you."},{"start":35.67,"end":42.46,"text":"Right, right."},{"start":42.48,"end":51.87,"text":"I agree with that."},{"start":51.89,"end":57.31,"text":"I agree with that."},{"start":57.33,"end":59.86,"text":"But we'll have to just be looking at it from the bottom."},{"start":59.88,"end":60.1,"text":"The bottom."},{"start":60.12,"end":60.34,"text":"The bottom."},{"start":60.36,"end":62.46,"text":"I think we'll look at it from the bottom."},{"start":62.48,"end":62.7,"text":"We're here."},{"start":62.72,"end":64,"text":"What's nice there, of course, is that it's in this bottom there."},{"start":64.02,"end":64.28,"text":"That's right."},{"start":64.3,"end":65.22,"text":"There."},{"start":66.35,"end":76.12,"text":"That's the second day now that we've had ."},{"start":76.24,"end":78.53,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":79.53,"end":87.72,"text":"So actually we have two days left to go there."},{"start":104.45,"end":116.81,"text":"That's what I'm going to take back to work."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met briefly to coordinate administrative logistics regarding the President’s upcoming schedule, including a potential meeting with General William C. Westmoreland and an impending trip to Philadelphia. The pair touched upon the status of ongoing Vietnam negotiations, specifically mentioning reports involving Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. They concluded by aligning their focus on the current tactical outlook of these diplomatic efforts.","topics":["Vietnam negotiations","Anatoly Dobrynin","Presidential scheduling","William C. Westmoreland","Foreign policy","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:12:29.746Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-negotiations","anatoly-dobrynin","presidential-scheduling","william-c-westmoreland","foreign-policy","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":120,"audioFiles":[{"file":"370-010.mp3","bytes":2871378,"durationSec":119.57,"bitrate":192108,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:28.291Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/370-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/370-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/370/conversation-370-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}