{"conversationCode":"002-049","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-049","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T21:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-27T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:24 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-049 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-49\n\nDate: April 27, 1971\nTime: 5:24 pm - 5:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 488-24C]\n\n     Dr. Henry S. Kaplan\n          -Elliot L. Richardson\n          -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.","filename":["002-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:46","tapeEnd":"01:35:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"002-048","nextCode":"002-050","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.76,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":2.96,"end":5.34,"text":"What's the name of that doctor?"},{"start":5.89,"end":7.03,"text":"Kaplan from Stanford."},{"start":7.47,"end":10.04,"text":"This is the one that... Henry Kaplan."},{"start":10.16,"end":11.92,"text":"Henry Kaplan, right, from Stanford."},{"start":11.94,"end":15.19,"text":"And he was here for an interview yesterday with Elliot and Ed Davin."},{"start":15.41,"end":15.71,"text":"Fine."},{"start":15.73,"end":16.69,"text":"And they're very high on him."},{"start":16.93,"end":18.1,"text":"Fine, fine, fine."},{"start":19.26,"end":21.99,"text":"Okay, okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman discussed the professional credentials of Dr. Henry S. Kaplan, a researcher from Stanford University. Ehrlichman briefed the President on Kaplan’s recent interview with Elliot Richardson and Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., noting that both officials were impressed by the doctor. The brief conversation served to confirm the President's approval of the assessment provided by his subordinates regarding Kaplan.","topics":["Henry S. Kaplan","Personnel","Stanford University","Elliot Richardson","Edward E. David Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:12:02.498Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-s-kaplan","personnel","stanford-university","elliot-richardson","edward-e-david-jr"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-049.mp3","bytes":245949,"durationSec":21.94,"bitrate":89669,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}