{"conversationCode":"027-092","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":92,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-092","startDateTime":"1972-07-26T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-26T21:29:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"26-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:29 pm. 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Feb-02)\n\n          -Legislation on Office of Equal Opportunity [OEO] and legal services\n                 -Patrick J. Buchanan\n                 -Conference\n                 -Legislation\n                      -Congress\n                          -Continuing resolution\n                      -Board of Directors\n\n     Legislation\n          -House Resolution [HR] 1\n          -Working mothers\n                 -Child custody\n          -Recommendation\n          -Handguns\n                -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III\n                -Saturday night specials\n                -Senate Judiciary Committee\n                     -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Roman L. Hruska\n          -Appropriation\n          -Busing\n                -House Labor and Education Committee\n                     -Hearings on bill\n                          -Moratorium\n                          -Rollback in education provisions\n                          -[Forename unknown] Palmer (?)\n                                 -Moratorium\n                                 -Marlow W. Cook\n\n     Today Show\n         -Appearance by unknown person\n               -Robert Abernathy","filename":["027-092.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"027-091","nextCode":"027-093","transcript":[{"start":15.98,"end":42.31,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":43.05,"end":69.46,"text":"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":70.18,"end":99.22,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":99.69,"end":121.14,"text":"The OEO part of it is going to have to fall with the rest."},{"start":121.16,"end":121.9,"text":"And they'll have to go along with it."},{"start":121.92,"end":122.44,"text":"Well, that's the Congress."},{"start":122.47,"end":122.84,"text":"We're now separate."},{"start":122.86,"end":123.93,"text":"Let's go do that thing that we've been talking about."},{"start":123.95,"end":124.65,"text":"And let's just kind of do the rest."},{"start":124.67,"end":125.97,"text":"Let's just really have to step on through the board of directors."},{"start":125.99,"end":128.57,"text":"Let's come up with a formula where you can pick three former poverty lawyers, three former poverty clients, and pick one of them."},{"start":128.59,"end":128.77,"text":"Yes, yes."},{"start":132.74,"end":159.54,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":159.75,"end":183.5,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":191.38,"end":219.1,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":221.26,"end":251.02,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":251.54,"end":279.86,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":281.08,"end":306.62,"text":"We're still..."},{"start":308,"end":323.27,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":326.76,"end":356.65,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":357.32,"end":361.9,"text":"Takk for ating med."},{"start":394.45,"end":424.24,"text":"... ... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":424.52,"end":450.63,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":451.15,"end":467.4,"text":"... ... ... ..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss legislative strategies regarding the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) and the restructuring of its board of directors. The pair considers a proposal to reform the board's composition by selecting representatives from both former poverty lawyers and client groups. Additionally, they touch upon broader legislative priorities, including H.R. 1, school busing policies, and handgun control measures pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.","topics":["Office of Economic Opportunity","Legislative strategy","H.R. 1","School busing","Handgun control","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:28:37.722Z"},"topicSlugs":["office-of-economic-opportunity","legislative-strategy","h-r-1","school-busing","handgun-control","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":474,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-092.mp3","bytes":11388341,"durationSec":474.44,"bitrate":192030,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-092.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-092","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-092","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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