{"conversationCode":"404-016","tapeNumber":404,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-404-016","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-016 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. 404-16\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: 1:39 pm - 1:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Mrs. Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-81]","filename":["404-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"404-014","nextCode":"404-017","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":8.11,"text":"Oh, I thought you'd like to know in the other girls that we, uh, we got the agreement."},{"start":8.13,"end":14.41,"text":"I'm going to announce it at 10 o'clock tonight."},{"start":14.43,"end":17.93,"text":"So, uh, you talk to her."},{"start":17.95,"end":18.05,"text":"Okay."},{"start":18.07,"end":18.18,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon informs First Lady Pat Nixon that a formal agreement regarding the Vietnam War has been reached. He outlines his intention to publicly announce the peace agreement at 10:00 p.m. that evening. The brief exchange concludes with the President instructing her to communicate this development to others.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Accords","Presidential Communication","Public Announcement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:24:31.142Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","paris-peace-accords","presidential-communication","public-announcement"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"404-016.mp3","bytes":554818,"durationSec":22.97,"bitrate":193204,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/404-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/404/conversation-404-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}