{"conversationCode":"258-026","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-026","startDateTime":"1971-06-17T00:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-17T00:25:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:22 PM","endDate":"16-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:22 pm to 8:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 258-26\n\nDate: June 16, 1971\n\nTime: 8:22 pm - 8:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-101]","filename":["258-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:24","tapeEnd":"00:42:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"258-025","nextCode":"258-027","transcript":[{"start":3.3,"end":3.52,"text":"Not at all."},{"start":3.54,"end":8.7,"text":"Yeah, John, I guess reading the memorandum with regard to the grand jury thing, you talked to Mitchell about it."},{"start":8.72,"end":8.9,"text":"About it."},{"start":8.92,"end":12.58,"text":"I was curious about his question of the delay of one thing, I guess."},{"start":28.99,"end":34.73,"text":"The last thing we're going to get out of here if you delay it a few times, but they have, they have a member of the Air Force that's going to be flying for four days on this plane."},{"start":34.81,"end":38.95,"text":"And the last thing we're going to do is we're going to make sure you're in charge, and I'm going to call and check with all of you."},{"start":48.15,"end":48.37,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":48.39,"end":49.41,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":49.43,"end":49.73,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":49.81,"end":50.05,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss the status of a grand jury investigation and the implications of potential delays. Nixon seeks clarification on Attorney General John Mitchell's position regarding the scheduling of legal proceedings. The participants emphasize the need for coordinated oversight, with Nixon asserting his intent to maintain control and personally verify the status of the situation.","topics":["Grand Jury","John Mitchell","Legal Proceedings","Executive Oversight","White House Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:10:37.517Z"},"topicSlugs":["grand-jury","john-mitchell","legal-proceedings","executive-oversight","white-house-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-026.mp3","bytes":2744754,"durationSec":68.48,"bitrate":320667,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}