{"conversationCode":"846-018","tapeNumber":846,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-846-018","startDateTime":"1973-02-01T21:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-01T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Feb-1973","startTime":"4:03 PM","endDate":"1-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On February 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 4:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 846-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 846-18\n\nDate: February 1, 1973\nTime: 4:03 pm - 4:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nPresident met with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n        Agenda for Edward R. G. Heath meeting\n              -Great Britain's nuclear program\n              -Kissinger’s departure\n              -US-Europe economic relations\n                     -George P. Shultz\n\f                                               - 57 -\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 846-18 (cont’d)\n\n                            -Knowledge\n                            -Location\n              -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number\nLPRN-T-MDR-2014-037. Segment declassified on 06/19/2019. Archivist: DR]\n[National Security]\n[846-018-w001]\n[Duration: 38s]\n\n       Agenda for Edward R. G. Heath meeting\n             -Henry A. Kissinger’s update\n                    -Sending technical people to US\n                           -Manufacture warheads\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe President and Kissinger left at 4:05 pm.","filename":["846-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"846-017","nextCode":"847-001","transcript":[{"start":2.37,"end":16.95,"text":"and the rest of the time, if you wanted to, you could discuss the European-American economic relations."},{"start":16.99,"end":20.68,"text":"Churchill could come in if you wanted to, or one of my men."},{"start":32.86,"end":36.68,"text":"I think it'd be better to have Schultz come."},{"start":37.06,"end":37.58,"text":"I agree."},{"start":37.6,"end":38.42,"text":"I completely agree."},{"start":40.56,"end":42.33,"text":"And Schultz is in the building anyway."},{"start":42.95,"end":43.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":43.89,"end":47.19,"text":"I think I'll take him over to the other office for this."},{"start":47.47,"end":49.89,"text":"He needs to break the monotony of it here."},{"start":49.99,"end":52.57,"text":"I'll be in my bed."},{"start":52.59,"end":56.17,"text":"And, uh, so we'll go over there now."},{"start":56.23,"end":56.31,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinate a follow-up meeting to address European-American economic relations. They reach a consensus to include Treasury Secretary George Shultz in these discussions, noting his proximity within the building. The participants finalize plans to relocate the meeting to another office to facilitate a more productive environment.","topics":["European-American economic relations","George Shultz","Economic policy","Diplomatic strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:07:07.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["european-american-economic-relations","george-shultz","economic-policy","diplomatic-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"846-018.mp3","bytes":2067854,"durationSec":86.03,"bitrate":192298,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:46.055Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/846-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/846-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/846/conversation-846-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}