{"conversationCode":"946-016","tapeNumber":946,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-946-016","startDateTime":"1973-06-22T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-22T16:34:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"22-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 946-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 946-16\n\nDate: June 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule\n             -East Room\n\n       Leonid I. Brezhnev’s schedule\n\f                                                -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 946-16 (cont’d)\n\n              -Meeting with businessmen\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.","filename":["946-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"946-015","nextCode":"946-017","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":3.51,"text":"Dr. Kissinger is now over to the east room."},{"start":3.53,"end":4.83,"text":"Do you want to talk to him on the phone?"},{"start":4.85,"end":5.57,"text":"I'll get one right now."},{"start":5.61,"end":12.96,"text":"How long ago was that meeting?"},{"start":12.98,"end":15.45,"text":"It's been just now."},{"start":15.47,"end":16.47,"text":"It's been with the businessman."},{"start":16.49,"end":17.03,"text":"I don't know about that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unknown aide regarding the status of Henry Kissinger’s current schedule and his ongoing meetings with Leonid Brezhnev. The discussion focused on coordinating a potential phone conversation between the President and Kissinger, who was occupied with events in the East Room involving business leaders. The exchange served as a brief administrative check-in to facilitate direct communication during the diplomatic visit.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Leonid Brezhnev","Presidential Scheduling","Diplomacy","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:45:42.570Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","leonid-brezhnev","presidential-scheduling","diplomacy","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"946-016.mp3","bytes":1768160,"durationSec":55.18,"bitrate":256357,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.649Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:07.363Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/946-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/946-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/946/conversation-946-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}