{"conversationCode":"426-046","tapeNumber":426,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-426-046","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T22:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T22:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-046 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. 426-46\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n******************************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Press relations [?]\n             -News column [?]\n             -Aid [?]\n\nThe President played back a portion of the dictation at an unknown time before 5:53 pm.\n\n       Vietnam settlement\n            -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Prolonging War\n\n       Jewish community\n            -Leaders\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n******************************************************************************","filename":["426-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"426-045","nextCode":"426-047","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":29.09,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":30.59,"end":50.47,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon recorded a memorandum for the file to document his views on ongoing diplomatic and political issues. The dictation addressed the status of the Vietnam settlement, specifically referencing the roles of Anatoliy Dobrynin and Henry Kissinger and the impact of prolonging the war. He also touched upon press relations and his engagements with leaders of the Jewish community.","topics":["Vietnam War","Diplomacy","Henry Kissinger","Anatoliy Dobrynin","Press relations","Jewish community"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:30:29.049Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","diplomacy","henry-kissinger","anatoliy-dobrynin","press-relations","jewish-community"],"audioDurationSec":76,"audioFiles":[{"file":"426-046.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":76.44,"bitrate":38795,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.375Z","transcriptGapSeconds":49,"transcriptGapShare":0.64,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/426-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/426/conversation-426-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}