{"conversationCode":"417-002","tapeNumber":417,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-417-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T19:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T19:55:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:16 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On March 5, 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 2:16 pm and 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 417-2\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:16 pm and 2:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n       Kissinger's schedule\n\nPresident’s schedule\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 417-24 (cont’d)","filename":["417-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"417-001","nextCode":"417-003","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.32,"text":"Henry, are you busy now?"},{"start":2.33,"end":9.32,"text":"Uh, hello?"},{"start":9.34,"end":12.49,"text":"Uh, we, uh, I have not much, but, uh, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate their respective calendars and discuss their immediate availability for consultation. The discussion functioned as a brief logistical check-in to manage the President’s and the National Security Advisor's upcoming schedules. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["Scheduling","Executive Logistics","Presidential Agenda"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:59:15.399Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","executive-logistics","presidential-agenda"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"417-002.mp3","bytes":90112,"durationSec":17.31,"bitrate":41654,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:36.747Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/417-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/417-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/417/conversation-417-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}