{"conversationCode":"027-033","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-033","startDateTime":"1972-07-21T17:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-21T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:45 PM","endDate":"21-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On July 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-033 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-33\n\nDate: July 21, 1972\nTime: 1:45 pm - 1:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                -The President's forthcoming call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["027-033.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"027-032","nextCode":"027-034","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.16,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.74,"end":3.38,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Ehrlichman may turn your call."},{"start":4.48,"end":5.02,"text":"All right?"},{"start":5.04,"end":5.44,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.46,"end":5.62,"text":"Fine."},{"start":7.45,"end":7.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.41,"end":9.25,"text":"Hello, John?"},{"start":9.41,"end":9.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.84,"end":18.61,"text":"I'll tell you, I noticed, since I called you, I've got agno at about 2 o'clock, so I'll..."},{"start":19.42,"end":20.94,"text":"I'll give you a call a little later this afternoon."},{"start":20.96,"end":21.89,"text":"I don't hear you, Mr. President."},{"start":21.95,"end":28.12,"text":"I said, since I've called you, I've noticed I've got agnew coming in about 10 minutes, so perhaps I'll catch you a little later."},{"start":28.2,"end":28.54,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.28,"end":29.64,"text":"So don't."},{"start":29.88,"end":30.3,"text":"I'll be around."},{"start":30.75,"end":31.55,"text":"You'll be around this afternoon?"},{"start":31.57,"end":31.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":31.95,"end":33.21,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief call to John Ehrlichman to coordinate their schedules for the remainder of the day. Due to a sudden conflict involving a 2:00 p.m. meeting with Vice President Spiro Agnew, Nixon postponed his discussion with Ehrlichman. The two agreed to reconnect later that afternoon once the President's schedule cleared.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Spiro Agnew","White House Operations","Communication Management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:23:12.750Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","spiro-agnew","white-house-operations","communication-management"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-033.mp3","bytes":894013,"durationSec":37.19,"bitrate":192329,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-033.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}