{"conversationCode":"790-005","tapeNumber":790,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-790-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-02T13:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-02T13:51:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:43 AM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 9:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 790-005 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. 790-5\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:43 am and 9:51 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n         The President’s schedule\n             -Forthcoming meeting [with Andrei A. Gromyko]\n                 -Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt\n                      -Notetaking\n\nKissinger left at an unknown time before 9:51 am.","filename":["790-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"790-004","nextCode":"790-006","transcript":[{"start":7.03,"end":7.58,"text":"Sure, sure."},{"start":8.19,"end":8.45,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate the agenda for an upcoming session with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. During the brief discussion, they addressed the inclusion of Helmut Sonnenfeldt as the designated note-taker for the meeting. This consultation served to finalize personnel arrangements and ensure diplomatic preparations were set for the high-level engagement.","topics":["Andrei A. Gromyko","Helmut Sonnenfeldt","Diplomatic strategy","Soviet-American relations","White House staffing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:45:03.551Z"},"topicSlugs":["andrei-a-gromyko","helmut-sonnenfeldt","diplomatic-strategy","soviet-american-relations","white-house-staffing"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"790-005.mp3","bytes":284629,"durationSec":11.8,"bitrate":192968,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/790-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/790-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/790/conversation-790-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}