{"conversationCode":"540-003","tapeNumber":540,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-540-003","startDateTime":"1971-07-20T11:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-20T11:53:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1971","startTime":"7:35 AM","endDate":"20-Jul-1971","endTime":"7:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:35 am and 7:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 540-3\n\nDate: July 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:35 am and 7:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Schedule\n          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["540-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:32","tapeEnd":"00:10:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"540-002","nextCode":"540-004","transcript":[{"start":6.05,"end":7.04,"text":"Be the man, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met in the Oval Office to conduct a brief, private consultation. While the specific substance of the dialogue is not captured in the available transcript, the meeting served as a direct exchange between the President and his National Security Advisor during a period of high-stakes diplomatic maneuvering. No specific policy decisions or action items are discernable from this brief encounter.","topics":["National Security","Foreign Policy","White House Administration","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:22:27.574Z"},"topicSlugs":["national-security","foreign-policy","white-house-administration","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"540-003.mp3","bytes":406256,"durationSec":10.02,"bitrate":324288,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:58.001Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/540-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/540-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/540/conversation-540-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}