{"conversationCode":"638-003","tapeNumber":638,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-638-003","startDateTime":"1971-12-15T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-15T13:45:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"15-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 638-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 638-003\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: December 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:38 am and 8:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.","filename":["638-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:10","tapeEnd":"00:03:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"638-002","nextCode":"638-004","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.84,"text":"If you see him now, get him to run to the chair."},{"start":3.06,"end":3.93,"text":"He must come in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate a brief, immediate briefing with Henry Kissinger. The primary objective was to ensure Kissinger’s prompt arrival at the Oval Office for an urgent consultation. The conversation concluded with instructions to expedite Kissinger's entry.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Oval Office","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:33:59.054Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","oval-office","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"638-003.mp3","bytes":230709,"durationSec":5.63,"bitrate":327928,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.361Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/638-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/638-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/638/conversation-638-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}