{"conversationCode":"033-094","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":94,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-094","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T17:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T17:22:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1972","endTime":"12:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-094 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 33-94\n\nDate: November 18, 1972\nTime: 12:21 pm - 12:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n       Peter G. Peterson\n             -New appointment\n                   -Acceptance\n                         -Henry A. Kissinger’s view\n                         -Foreign policy","filename":["033-094.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"033-093","nextCode":"033-095","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":1.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.13,"end":14.55,"text":"He felt on the basis of his conversation with Peterson this morning that there was a very good chance Peterson would accept what we have offered, that this is his dish, foreign policy and the rest, and so forth and so on."},{"start":15.27,"end":19.81,"text":"So don't be too quick to push the other."},{"start":20.21,"end":23.84,"text":"Just say, all right, if he will, let's make the hard sell."},{"start":23.86,"end":24.56,"text":"Good."},{"start":24.58,"end":25.82,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discussed the prospects of Peter G. Peterson accepting a new appointment related to foreign policy. Based on feedback from Henry Kissinger, Ehrlichman advised that Peterson was likely to accept the role. Consequently, the President decided to delay pursuing alternative candidates to focus on finalizing the offer with Peterson.","topics":["Peter G. Peterson","Henry Kissinger","Foreign policy","Personnel appointments","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:24:24.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-g-peterson","henry-kissinger","foreign-policy","personnel-appointments","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-094.mp3","bytes":642834,"durationSec":26.66,"bitrate":192923,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-094.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-094","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-094","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}