{"conversationCode":"403-020","tapeNumber":403,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-403-020","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T16:28:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On January 31, 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 10:56 am and 11:28 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-020 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. 403-20\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:56 am and 11:28 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger [?].\n\n       Ziegler's call\n\n       Trip","filename":["403-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"403-019","nextCode":"403-021","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":16.22,"text":"………………………………"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss scheduling and logistics related to upcoming travel arrangements. The conversation focused on the coordination of potential presidential trips and the necessary preparations for diplomatic engagement. No definitive outcomes were reached, as the discussion served primarily to sync the President's calendar with his National Security Advisor.","topics":["Presidential travel","Foreign policy","Scheduling","Diplomatic strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:21:36.123Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","foreign-policy","scheduling","diplomatic-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"403-020.mp3","bytes":590591,"durationSec":24.45,"bitrate":193214,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/403-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/403-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/403/conversation-403-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}