{"conversationCode":"269-033","tapeNumber":269,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-269-033","startDateTime":"1971-08-03T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-03T19:40:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:47 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1971","endTime":"3:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-033 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 269-33\n\nDate: August 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     Legislation\n          -George H. Mahon\n                -Emergency employment appropriation\n                    -Prospects for passage","filename":["269a.mp3","269b.mp3","269c.mp3","269d.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:00:51","tapeEnd":"06:11:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"269-032","nextCode":"269-034","tapeTranscriptFile":"269a.mp3,269b.mp3,269c.mp3,269d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":21859.76,"end":21862.7,"text":"God, what is the situation on A on the emergency plan of appropriation?"},{"start":21862.72,"end":21872.18,"text":"I wouldn't get here before they... Oh God."},{"start":21872.24,"end":21883.53,"text":"I can't get, why can't you get here?"},{"start":21894.74,"end":21897.58,"text":"Keep it on, okay?"},{"start":22015.42,"end":22019.98,"text":"John, what is the situation on Aon at the emergency plan of appropriation?"},{"start":22020.06,"end":22028.46,"text":"I wouldn't get here before they..."},{"start":22028.48,"end":22040.27,"text":"I can't get, why can't you get here?"},{"start":22050.39,"end":22053.32,"text":"Keep it on, okay?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":21650.25,"end":22348.25,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss the legislative status of an emergency employment appropriation bill. The conversation centers on the prospects for the bill's passage and the potential role of Representative George H. Mahon in the legislative process. Due to technical issues during the recording, the exchange remains fragmented regarding the specific tactical approach the administration should take.","topics":["Emergency employment appropriation","Legislative strategy","George H. Mahon","White House domestic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:33:04.303Z"},"topicSlugs":["emergency-employment-appropriation","legislative-strategy","george-h-mahon","white-house-domestic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":626,"audioFiles":[{"file":"269a.mp3","bytes":117219159,"durationSec":7326.12,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"269b.mp3","bytes":116952919,"durationSec":7309.47,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"269c.mp3","bytes":117206203,"durationSec":7325.3,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"269d.mp3","bytes":30524812,"durationSec":1907.73,"bitrate":128004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269c.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/269d.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/269/conversation-269-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}