{"conversationCode":"380-036","tapeNumber":380,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-380-036","startDateTime":"1972-12-28T20:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-28T20:45:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"28-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.);","description":"On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-036 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. 380-36\n\nDate: December 28, 1972\nTime: 3:43 pm - 3:45 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-34]","filename":["380-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.)"],"prevCode":"380-035","nextCode":"380-037","transcript":[{"start":4.27,"end":4.74,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.14,"end":56.54,"text":"Is that what I mean?"},{"start":56.56,"end":56.84,"text":"Starting when?"},{"start":56.86,"end":57.82,"text":"Actually, because we've been announced tomorrow."},{"start":57.84,"end":58.18,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":58.2,"end":59.1,"text":"I don't, do you think one extra day makes it?"},{"start":59.12,"end":59.54,"text":"Today, what is today?"},{"start":59.56,"end":59.9,"text":"The 28th or 29th."},{"start":59.92,"end":60.22,"text":"Oh, we're here."},{"start":60.24,"end":60.42,"text":"Oh, okay."},{"start":60.44,"end":60.76,"text":"Tomorrow's that."},{"start":60.78,"end":61.86,"text":"And basically, we're going to have to stop and follow."},{"start":85.03,"end":106.82,"text":"Well, actually, this is really a March 24th."},{"start":106.84,"end":107.14,"text":"I think it was."},{"start":107.16,"end":107.84,"text":"We can tell Henry to call me soon."},{"start":107.86,"end":108.31,"text":"He's going to call me."},{"start":108.33,"end":108.89,"text":"He's going to call me again."},{"start":108.91,"end":109.69,"text":"But now, I don't know if it's possible."},{"start":115.54,"end":116.79,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Colonel Richard T. Kennedy briefly coordinated regarding the timing of an upcoming public announcement and the logistics of a follow-up communication from Henry Kissinger. The discussion centered on verifying the current date and clarifying the schedule for when Kissinger would next reach out to the President. No major policy decisions were made, as the exchange focused primarily on internal scheduling and communication protocols.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Public relations","Scheduling","White House communications","Presidential briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:38:54.324Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","public-relations","scheduling","white-house-communications","presidential-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":122,"audioFiles":[{"file":"380-036.mp3","bytes":2920254,"durationSec":121.55,"bitrate":192206,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","transcriptGapSeconds":41,"transcriptGapShare":0.34,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/380-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/380/conversation-380-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}