{"conversationCode":"748-008","tapeNumber":748,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-748-008","startDateTime":"1972-07-20T16:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-20T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:03 PM","endDate":"20-Jul-1972","endTime":"12:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 748-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 748-8\n\nDate: July 20, 1972\nTime: 12:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n     George S. McGovern's briefing\n         -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's view","filename":["748-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"748-007","nextCode":"748-009","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.32,"text":"Hello, uh, Henry."},{"start":2.27,"end":6.87,"text":"Uh, if you, uh, work on that, then, uh, we can, uh, do it."},{"start":9.15,"end":9.45,"text":"No."},{"start":10.31,"end":13.71,"text":"Uh, I have a different idea of where Bob just raised my name."},{"start":13.73,"end":15.28,"text":"It makes a good deal of sense."},{"start":17.16,"end":17.36,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss the political implications of providing a security briefing to Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. They evaluated the potential strategic impact of this action in light of concerns raised by H.R. Haldeman. Ultimately, the two men deliberated on whether to grant the request, weighing the political benefits and risks associated with engaging the opposition.","topics":["George McGovern","security briefings","H.R. Haldeman","1972 election","political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:50:01.321Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-mcgovern","security-briefings","h-r-haldeman","1972-election","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"748-008.mp3","bytes":495280,"durationSec":20.57,"bitrate":192591,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/748-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/748-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/748/conversation-748-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}