{"conversationCode":"399-006","tapeNumber":399,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-399-006","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T14:47:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On January 22, 1973, 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 9:10 am and 9:47 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 399-006 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. 399-6\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:47 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\f                                                -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 399-6 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n       Vietnam settlement\n            -Announcement\n                  -Use of \"peace with honor\" wording","filename":["399-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"399-005","nextCode":"399-007","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":25.07,"text":"Henry, I don't know whether it is a recent word, but I know that there's a term that a piece of honor is not used."},{"start":25.09,"end":25.79,"text":"Is there any objection to using it?"},{"start":25.81,"end":26.63,"text":"You can see why I mentioned that as well."},{"start":26.65,"end":26.93,"text":"It's an issue."},{"start":26.95,"end":27.23,"text":"It's an issue."},{"start":27.25,"end":27.67,"text":"No, no, I understand."},{"start":27.69,"end":28.07,"text":"There's no problem."},{"start":28.09,"end":29.03,"text":"It says it, but it doesn't use that exact term."},{"start":29.05,"end":29.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":29.17,"end":29.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":29.29,"end":29.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":29.41,"end":29.51,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.53,"end":29.73,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":31.37,"end":32.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to finalize the messaging surrounding the upcoming Vietnam settlement. The two discussed the inclusion of the phrase \"peace with honor\" in the official public announcement. Ultimately, they reached an understanding regarding the strategic use of this specific terminology in addressing the end of the conflict.","topics":["Vietnam War","Peace negotiations","Public relations","Henry Kissinger","Richard Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:12:35.959Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","peace-negotiations","public-relations","henry-kissinger","richard-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"399-006.mp3","bytes":900919,"durationSec":37.4,"bitrate":192709,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.605Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/399-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/399-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/399/conversation-399-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}