{"conversationCode":"887-022","tapeNumber":887,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-887-022","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Trudeau, Pierre E.;","description":"On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Pierre E. Trudeau met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-022 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. 887-22\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Pierre E. Trudeau.\n\n****************************************************************************\n\n[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number\n\f                                               -33-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 887-21 (cont’d)\n\nLPRN-T-MDR-2014-010. Segment declassified on 11/20/2017. Archivist: DR]\n[National Security]\n[887-022-w001]\n[Duration: 13m 57s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 044-015]\n\n****************************************************************************","filename":["887-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Trudeau, Pierre E."],"prevCode":"887-021","nextCode":"887-023","transcript":[{"start":16.48,"end":28.45,"text":"Prime Minister, I understand you're busy on the floor today."},{"start":28.91,"end":33.7,"text":"You don't mind, do you?"},{"start":39.16,"end":39.9,"text":"Sure, sure."},{"start":40.26,"end":42.34,"text":"Well, I always say that's why you didn't pay me the big salary."},{"start":46.61,"end":47.43,"text":"I called you."},{"start":47.7,"end":53.07,"text":"I want you to know that I have sent you a note by courier."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the Oval Office to facilitate a brief diplomatic exchange. During the conversation, Trudeau noted his busy schedule while managing parliamentary duties, and Nixon confirmed the delivery of a personal message sent via courier. The brief interaction served to maintain open channels of communication between the two leaders regarding ongoing bilateral correspondence.","topics":["US-Canada relations","Diplomatic communication","Pierre Trudeau","Richard Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:13:13.526Z"},"topicSlugs":["us-canada-relations","diplomatic-communication","pierre-trudeau","richard-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"887-022.mp3","bytes":350208,"durationSec":68.11,"bitrate":41136,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:56.133Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/887-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/887-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/887/conversation-887-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}