{"conversationCode":"404-003","tapeNumber":404,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-404-003","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T14:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T14:14:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:14 AM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.);","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:14 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-003 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. 404-3\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: 9:10 am - 9:14 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-65]\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["404-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.)"],"prevCode":"404-002","nextCode":"404-004","transcript":[{"start":15.98,"end":21.11,"text":"Oh, my, I..."},{"start":44.73,"end":59.99,"text":"Don't worry about it."},{"start":60.01,"end":61.72,"text":"You can handle it."},{"start":61.73,"end":67.08,"text":"What I would just like to know is, there was no, you know, there was a lot of banging back and forth."},{"start":67.1,"end":68.92,"text":"The latest that we heard last night was that he was still trying to come on."},{"start":68.94,"end":70.07,"text":"We heard that he was going to delay it."},{"start":70.09,"end":70.71,"text":"Did you hear anything later?"},{"start":77.98,"end":100.28,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":100.3,"end":101.08,"text":"When you get here, just give me a buzz."},{"start":101.1,"end":101.34,"text":"Let me know."},{"start":101.36,"end":102.14,"text":"I just need to know what the plans are."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Col. Richard T. Kennedy to receive updates regarding uncertain negotiations or strategic plans that were subject to ongoing developments. The brief exchange focused on conflicting reports about a potential delay in these plans, with the President emphasizing the need for timely notification upon Kennedy's arrival. No definitive policy decisions were reached, as the primary objective was to clarify the status of the evolving situation.","topics":["Negotiations","Intelligence gathering","Strategic planning","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:23:21.574Z"},"topicSlugs":["negotiations","intelligence-gathering","strategic-planning","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":107,"audioFiles":[{"file":"404-003.mp3","bytes":2570421,"durationSec":106.96,"bitrate":192252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:34.468Z","transcriptGapSeconds":38,"transcriptGapShare":0.35,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/404-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/404/conversation-404-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}