{"conversationCode":"280-006","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-006","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T15:15:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:38 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On September 23, 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 10:38 am and 11:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-006 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. 280-6\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:38 am and 11:15 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     Administration's position\n         -Prayer in school amendment\n               -Voluntary","filename":["280-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:03:45","tapeEnd":"01:04:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"280-005","nextCode":"280-007","transcript":[{"start":5.45,"end":14.66,"text":"John, what is the position that we are taking on that prayer schools?"},{"start":31.87,"end":34.72,"text":"I'm not going to bet on the second dollar."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with John Ehrlichman to clarify the administration's official stance regarding a proposed amendment on prayer in schools. The two men discussed the nuances of supporting voluntary prayer initiatives as part of their legislative agenda. Ehrlichman remained non-committal about the political viability or certainty of the administration's position during the exchange.","topics":["Prayer in school","Constitutional amendment","Legislative strategy","Domestic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:07:17.808Z"},"topicSlugs":["prayer-in-school","constitutional-amendment","legislative-strategy","domestic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-006.mp3","bytes":1874338,"durationSec":46.72,"bitrate":320942,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}