{"conversationCode":"004-021","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-021","startDateTime":"1971-06-03T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-03T19:07:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-021 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. 4-21\n\nDate: June 3, 1971\nTime: 3:06 pm - 3:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 509-15]\n\n     Ehrlichman's location\n           -Maurice H. Stans\n\n     May Day demonstrators, press conference\n         -Washington press corps' reaction","filename":["004-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:06","tapeEnd":"01:12:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"004-020","nextCode":"004-022","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":1.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.49,"end":5.2,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman, sir."},{"start":5.21,"end":5.33,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.92,"end":6.16,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.24,"end":6.58,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.6,"end":8.16,"text":"Do you have anything you wanted to go over before 3.30?"},{"start":8.2,"end":8.44,"text":"No."},{"start":8.58,"end":8.84,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.86,"end":11.68,"text":"No, I'm over in Maurice Dan's office."},{"start":11.76,"end":12.14,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.28,"end":15.63,"text":"And I don't have anything today."},{"start":15.79,"end":16.41,"text":"All right."},{"start":17.57,"end":20.05,"text":"Well, they got the... We certainly got a lot of law enforcement out there."},{"start":20.07,"end":20.57,"text":"Sure did."},{"start":21.05,"end":22.7,"text":"Can't be much conception today."},{"start":23.16,"end":24.56,"text":"Really drove the press up the wall there."},{"start":24.58,"end":26.24,"text":"It's a goddamn mad... That's what I hear."},{"start":26.26,"end":27.02,"text":"...biting their nails."},{"start":27.04,"end":27.26,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.28,"end":27.74,"text":"That's nice."},{"start":27.76,"end":28.77,"text":"Yeah, twitching their tail."},{"start":28.91,"end":29.41,"text":"Okay."},{"start":29.55,"end":29.99,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman spoke briefly to coordinate before a scheduled meeting while Ehrlichman was at the office of Maurice Stans. The two men discussed the heavy law enforcement presence regarding recent May Day demonstrations, expressing satisfaction that the security measures had successfully frustrated the Washington press corps. No further policy decisions were made, as the conversation served primarily as a brief situational update.","topics":["May Day demonstrations","Law enforcement","Press relations","John Ehrlichman","Maurice Stans"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:42:06.180Z"},"topicSlugs":["may-day-demonstrations","law-enforcement","press-relations","john-ehrlichman","maurice-stans"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-021.mp3","bytes":350927,"durationSec":30.28,"bitrate":92713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}