{"conversationCode":"397-024","tapeNumber":397,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-397-024","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T18:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T20:07:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 397-24\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the files. This is a continuation of Conversation No.\n397-17.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Dictation\n             -Testing\n             -Previous recording\n\n       1973 Inauguration\n            -Promises [?]\n            -Press relations [?]\n\nNellie L. Yates entered at unknown time after 1:18 pm.\n\n       Greeting\n\nYates left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm.\n\n       1973 Inauguration\n            -Photograph opportunity\n            -Press relations\n\n       Vietnam settlement [?]\n            -Spiro T. Agnew [?]\n\n       The President’s schedule [?]\n            -John D. Ehrlichman [?]\n            -Stephen B. Bull [?]\n            -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope\n\n       [Pause]\n\f                                      -22-\n\n             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 397-24 (cont’d)\n\nVietnam settlement\n     -Negotiations [?]\n     -Ambassador [?]\n     -President’s possible television [TV] appearance\n     -Bombing [?]\n     -Henry A. Kissinger\n     -Signing [?]\n                 -Possible travels\n\nSecond term reorganization [?]\n     -John N. Mitchell\n     -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]\n     -Federal government\n           -Relations with states\n     -Unknown person\n           -Personal ambition\n\nVietnam settlement\n     -Kissinger\n     -William P. Rogers\n     -Congressional relations\n     -Announcement\n     -Bombing\n     -Kissinger’s return [?]\n\nBryce Felder [?]\n     -Organization\n     -Spending [?]\n     -Charles W. Colson\n           -Response\n\nInaugural Committee\n     -Chairman\n\nLyndon B. Johnson\n     -John F. Kennedy\n     -Robert F. Kennedy\n\nPress relations [?]\n\f                                                -23-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 397-24 (cont’d)\n\n       1973 Inauguration\n            -Attendance\n                  -Sammy Davis, Jr.\n            -Secret Service\n            -Lewis Powell\n            -President’s Inaugural speech [?]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 397-25/398-1\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:07 pm and 4:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n       President’s Inaugural speech\n             -Draft\n             -Vietnam settlement\n                   -Announcement by President\n             -Word count\n             -Content and wording\n                   -Sharing\n                   -Revisions\n                         -Price’s suggestion\n                   -Great powers reference\n                         -Henry A. Kissinger\n                         -Balance of power\n                   -Possible use of figures\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 4:10 pm.\n\n[Continued as Conversation No. 398-1]","filename":["397-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"397-023","nextCode":"397-025","transcript":[{"start":69.86,"end":70.99,"text":"Herregud, herregud, herregud"},{"start":502.86,"end":503.6,"text":"Thank you for watching!"},{"start":1270.79,"end":1272.41,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"},{"start":1402.97,"end":1406.11,"text":"Takk for att du så på!"},{"start":1704.39,"end":1704.47,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Nellie L. Yates to review administrative details and preparations surrounding his second inauguration and the concurrent Vietnam peace negotiations. The discussion touched upon public relations strategies, including the President's potential television address regarding the peace settlement, as well as logistical coordination for inaugural events and staff roles. Additionally, the President engaged in long-term strategic planning for second-term government reorganization and executive branch personnel appointments.","topics":["1973 Inauguration","Vietnam Peace Negotiations","Executive Branch Reorganization","Press Relations","Henry Kissinger","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:10:16.384Z"},"topicSlugs":["1973-inauguration","vietnam-peace-negotiations","executive-branch-reorganization","press-relations","henry-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":1704,"audioFiles":[{"file":"397-024.mp3","bytes":40910274,"durationSec":1704.45,"bitrate":192015,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.268Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/397-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/397/conversation-397-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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