{"conversationCode":"417-014","tapeNumber":417,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-417-014","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T21:46:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:44 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Stennis, John C.;","description":"On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:44 pm to 4:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-014 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. 417-14\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: 4:44 pm - 4:46 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Senator John C. Stennis.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-59]","filename":["417-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Stennis, John C."],"prevCode":"417-013","nextCode":"417-015","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.79,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.55,"end":6.78,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":11.36,"end":15.72,"text":"Well, you seem to sound better each time I call you."},{"start":15.74,"end":15.86,"text":"Right."},{"start":15.88,"end":17.77,"text":"Everything is in good shape now."},{"start":17.79,"end":24.53,"text":"I mean, it's moving along on schedule."},{"start":25.61,"end":25.71,"text":"Good."},{"start":25.73,"end":29.62,"text":"Well, I don't think that you get all those"},{"start":29.97,"end":53.13,"text":"We had to be, we were very tough on them."},{"start":54.99,"end":59.97,"text":"They started fiddling around."},{"start":60.36,"end":84.68,"text":"And I say this publicly that I just told them to quit clearing their minds and quit withdrawing."},{"start":84.7,"end":86.98,"text":"We sent them a private message that we were going to keep the kids until they came through for another four hours."},{"start":87,"end":88.26,"text":"Well, the others, they certainly are great when they come back."},{"start":88.28,"end":88.54,"text":"They're here."},{"start":90.26,"end":94.25,"text":"Right."},{"start":94.27,"end":95.33,"text":"Yes."},{"start":96.35,"end":104.62,"text":"I received a letter from Captain Denton, who was the first one off, you know, on the first flight."},{"start":105.13,"end":107.07,"text":"And, uh, unless I can copy it, but he's so good."},{"start":111.66,"end":115.36,"text":"So good that he just, he sums up, sums up everything."},{"start":115.38,"end":115.64,"text":"Well... Good."},{"start":116.18,"end":116.3,"text":"Good."},{"start":116.32,"end":116.44,"text":"Right."},{"start":116.47,"end":116.72,"text":"Well, well..."},{"start":117.8,"end":120.8,"text":"We'll call everyone back."},{"start":120.82,"end":121.38,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Senator John C. Stennis discussed the ongoing return of American prisoners of war, with the President emphasizing the administration's firm stance during the negotiation process. The two men shared positive sentiments regarding the returnees' morale and the successful execution of the withdrawal schedule. Nixon specifically highlighted a letter from Captain Jeremiah Denton as a poignant summary of the prisoners' experience and high spirits.","topics":["Prisoners of War","Vietnam War","Jeremiah Denton","Foreign Policy","Military Withdrawal"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:00:25.886Z"},"topicSlugs":["prisoners-of-war","vietnam-war","jeremiah-denton","foreign-policy","military-withdrawal"],"audioDurationSec":126,"audioFiles":[{"file":"417-014.mp3","bytes":641024,"durationSec":126.2,"bitrate":40635,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","transcriptGapSeconds":47,"transcriptGapShare":0.38,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/417-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/417-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/417/conversation-417-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}