{"conversationCode":"042-100","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":100,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-100","startDateTime":"1971-05-06T17:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T17:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-May-1971","startTime":"1:49 PM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"1:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 1:49 pm to 1:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-100 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. 42-100\n\nDate: May 6, 1971\nTime: 1:49 pm - 1:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n     Meeting with President's supporters on demonstrations\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Timing\n          -George P. Shultz","filename":["042-100.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:08","tapeEnd":"02:31:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"042-099","nextCode":"042-101","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":1.88,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.9,"end":3.36,"text":"It's Mr. Ehrlichman, Mr. President?"},{"start":3.38,"end":3.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.76,"end":4.2,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.38,"end":5.84,"text":"The President?"},{"start":6,"end":6.68,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":6.78,"end":7.12,"text":"John."},{"start":7.18,"end":7.48,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.67,"end":11.83,"text":"I just talked to Bob about the idea that I had, and you might discuss it with him."},{"start":11.87,"end":17.91,"text":"It's an idea I had on this, having some of these people thank him for what they did in his demonstration."},{"start":18.46,"end":20.46,"text":"And so I gave him all the facts."},{"start":20.6,"end":20.92,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.22,"end":22.28,"text":"You want to run over him?"},{"start":22.86,"end":23.68,"text":"Sure."},{"start":24.84,"end":26.26,"text":"Whatever you and he recommend."},{"start":26.28,"end":26.6,"text":"All right."},{"start":27.32,"end":29.45,"text":"And I will be..."},{"start":29.88,"end":32.69,"text":"ready to do something, anything you want to do around 2.30."},{"start":33.41,"end":34.88,"text":"So if you want to... All right, sir."},{"start":35.04,"end":35.66,"text":"Get right on it."},{"start":35.68,"end":41.61,"text":"I think at 2.30 and then maybe have to see you and George at 2.30 and do these people at 3 or vice versa."},{"start":41.63,"end":42.59,"text":"Vice versa, probably."},{"start":42.7,"end":43.02,"text":"All right."},{"start":43.04,"end":43.34,"text":"Either way."},{"start":43.58,"end":43.96,"text":"Very fine."},{"start":44.04,"end":44.5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman coordinate a strategy to thank supporters who participated in recent demonstrations, a proposal Nixon had previously discussed with H.R. Haldeman. The pair plans to finalize the logistics of these meetings, determining whether to slot the supporters and a separate session with George Shultz around 2:30 or 3:00 p.m. Nixon delegates the final scheduling decisions to Ehrlichman and Haldeman, instructing them to act promptly.","topics":["Demonstrations","Public Relations","White House Scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","George Shultz"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:23:22.909Z"},"topicSlugs":["demonstrations","public-relations","white-house-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","george-shultz"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-100.mp3","bytes":536786,"durationSec":44.5,"bitrate":96507,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-100.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-100","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-100","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}