{"conversationCode":"677-017","tapeNumber":677,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-677-017","startDateTime":"1972-03-06T18:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-06T18:38:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:28 PM","endDate":"6-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 677-017 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. 677-17\n\nDate: March 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     Draft memorandum\n           -The President’s remarks at Andrews Air Force Base, February 28, 1972\n           -William P. Rogers\n                -Testimony\n\f           -Kissinger’s previous backgrounder\n                -Shanghai\n\n                                                                        Conv. No. 677-20\n                                                                        Conversation      (cont.)\n                                                                                     No. 677-18\n\nDate: March 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to the Secretary of State, et al.\n\n     The People’s Republic of China [PRC trip\n          -Public statements\n               -The President’s remarks at Andrews Air Force Base, February 28, 1972\n                      -Directions for comments","filename":["677-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:53:27","tapeEnd":"03:54:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"677-016","nextCode":"677-018","transcript":[{"start":7.09,"end":8.15,"text":"Or should we say..."},{"start":8.93,"end":9.05,"text":"Yes?"},{"start":33.07,"end":41.38,"text":"Well, the other point is, can we refer to your background?"},{"start":42.32,"end":50.1,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, I'm the one you want to go ahead and check out."},{"start":50.28,"end":53.7,"text":"Yeah, fine."},{"start":53.82,"end":55.45,"text":"All right, I get it."},{"start":56.38,"end":59.15,"text":"All right, I just want to see why you left it out."},{"start":59.27,"end":60.59,"text":"Okay, I understand."},{"start":60.65,"end":60.97,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to review and refine official public messaging following the President’s recent trip to the People’s Republic of China. The discussion focused on coordinating consistent talking points, specifically regarding the President's remarks at Andrews Air Force Base and Kissinger’s previous background briefings in Shanghai. To ensure administrative alignment, Nixon directed the drafting of a formal memorandum to Secretary of State William P. Rogers to dictate how officials should characterize the trip in future public statements.","topics":["PRC trip","Public relations","Foreign policy coordination","William P. Rogers","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:28:27.355Z"},"topicSlugs":["prc-trip","public-relations","foreign-policy-coordination","william-p-rogers","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"677-017.mp3","bytes":2513811,"durationSec":62.7,"bitrate":320761,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/677-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/677-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/677/conversation-677-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}