{"conversationCode":"674-007","tapeNumber":674,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-674-007","startDateTime":"1972-02-17T13:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-17T13:31:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Feb-1972","startTime":"8:28 AM","endDate":"17-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:31 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rockefeller, Nelson A.;","description":"On February 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:28 am to 8:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 674-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 674-7\n\nDate: February 17, 1972\nTime: 8:28 am - 8:31 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-103; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]","filename":["674a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:29","tapeEnd":"00:44:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rockefeller, Nelson A."],"prevCode":"674-006","nextCode":"674-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"674a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1076.59,"end":1080.53,"text":"Well, here's a very fine call, and we're going to leave you about an hour."},{"start":1096.54,"end":1102.06,"text":"we couldn't miss the opportunity to try to see that the two, these two countries that hold the future of the world in their hands have some"},{"start":1136.29,"end":1139.01,"text":"supporting the foreign policy field, and also for those, as I wrote you a note for your remarks at the dinner here tonight."},{"start":1139.03,"end":1142.8,"text":"We got a hard year, but, you know, with these things and the economy, these and that and the other things, but I really think that we got a great opportunity to pull things together."},{"start":1209.58,"end":1210.68,"text":"When we get back, I'll see that Henry gets to New York."},{"start":1210.7,"end":1212.18,"text":"He goes up anyway, and maybe you'd like to get a little prior briefing."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1049,"end":2660,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller met to discuss the upcoming political challenges of the election year, specifically regarding the economy and the administration's foreign policy objectives. Nixon emphasized the importance of international relations between major global powers and solicited Rockefeller's support for his scheduled remarks at an evening dinner. To ensure continued coordination, Nixon committed to having Henry Kissinger provide a briefing to Rockefeller in New York.","topics":["Foreign Policy","1972 Election","Economy","Henry Kissinger","Political Strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:22:37.551Z"},"topicSlugs":["foreign-policy","1972-election","economy","henry-kissinger","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":1611,"audioFiles":[{"file":"674a.mp3","bytes":101428661,"durationSec":4226.13,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/674a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/674-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/674/conversation-674-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}