{"conversationCode":"380-016","tapeNumber":380,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-380-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-28T17:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-28T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:39 PM","endDate":"28-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 380-16\n\nDate: December 28, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n      Second term reorganization\n           -Ambassadorships\n                 -Middle East\n                       -Joseph S. Farland\n                       -Henry A. Kissinger\n                       -Israel\n                       -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Peter M. Flanagan\n                             -Henry J. Tasca\n                             -Farland\n                             -Tasca\n                                   -Bureaucracy\n                                   -View of Israel\n                                   -Health\n\n      Kissinger\n            -Recent meeting with Charles H. Percy\n                 -Percy’s recent trip to Asia\n                 -Percy’s recent statement about Vietnam War\n                 -Effect on loyalists\n                 -Instruction for Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman\n                       -Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger\n            -Recent meeting with McGeorge Bundy\n\f                                              -25-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 380-16 (cont’d)\n\n            -Congressional, media relations","filename":["380-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"380-015","nextCode":"380-017","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":10.53,"text":"Memorandum of all, we have not yet made financial decisions in regards to the number of ships that are identified."},{"start":39.15,"end":59.76,"text":"Uh, when you work on the plan, it's kind of like, uh, trying to avoid, uh, having questions with the steps and follow-up with questions."},{"start":59.78,"end":61.21,"text":"So, uh, most of your office will be able to play, uh, and it's not, uh,"},{"start":74.52,"end":75.58,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":117.11,"end":132.22,"text":"on the other hand"},{"start":147.45,"end":149.83,"text":"All right."},{"start":149.85,"end":150.05,"text":"All right."},{"start":150.07,"end":150.27,"text":"All right."},{"start":213.84,"end":214.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum to H.R. Haldeman regarding administrative reorganizations for his second term, specifically focusing on ambassadorial appointments in the Middle East. The President addresses the performance and suitability of figures such as Joseph S. Farland and Henry J. Tasca, while weighing the influence of Henry Kissinger. Additionally, Nixon instructs Haldeman and John Ehrlichman to manage fallout from recent comments made by Senator Charles Percy regarding the Vietnam War.","topics":["Second term reorganization","Ambassadorships","Middle East policy","Henry Kissinger","Charles H. Percy","Vietnam War"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:36:52.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["second-term-reorganization","ambassadorships","middle-east-policy","henry-kissinger","charles-h-percy","vietnam-war"],"audioDurationSec":231,"audioFiles":[{"file":"380-016.mp3","bytes":5546516,"durationSec":230.96,"bitrate":192120,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:30.080Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/380-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/380/conversation-380-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}