{"conversationCode":"283-044","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-044","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:52:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-044 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. 283-044\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 2:50 pm - 2:52 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-86]\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman between 2:51 pm and 2:52 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-86]","filename":["283-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:21:23","tapeEnd":"04:24:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"283-043","nextCode":"283-045","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":23.25,"text":"John, I was just calling you on a reminder."},{"start":23.27,"end":24.43,"text":"I was trying to make sure that no one went back to Boston."},{"start":24.45,"end":24.66,"text":"And, uh..."},{"start":24.64,"end":52.47,"text":"But I want you to know that ."},{"start":52.98,"end":81.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":81.17,"end":81.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":81.52,"end":109.69,"text":"Yeah, well that, of course, deals only with that phase."},{"start":109.71,"end":110.43,"text":"It really gets down to preservation."},{"start":111.24,"end":135.32,"text":"And I don't know about this one."},{"start":135.34,"end":136.39,"text":"I'm going to have to see and have a look at it here."},{"start":136.41,"end":137.27,"text":"The court has a problem when they go there."},{"start":137.29,"end":137.93,"text":"But don't go out and talk to me."},{"start":137.95,"end":138.67,"text":"But surely a William is one of them."},{"start":138.69,"end":139.15,"text":"Not quite to the right."},{"start":139.17,"end":139.27,"text":"Sure."},{"start":139.64,"end":159.77,"text":"Sure."},{"start":159.79,"end":161.23,"text":"Well, I don't know the actual credit yet, but we're still working on it."},{"start":161.25,"end":161.35,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":161.38,"end":161.47,"text":"Five."},{"start":161.5,"end":161.59,"text":"Five."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with John D. Ehrlichman to discuss personnel matters and the strategic handling of a sensitive legal or administrative issue. The conversation centered on the status of individuals potentially linked to a Boston-related matter and the broader implications of court involvement. Nixon expressed uncertainty regarding the current situation and instructed Ehrlichman to delay further external communications until he could personally review the details.","topics":["Personnel","Legal strategy","Boston","Judicial oversight","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:23:43.528Z"},"topicSlugs":["personnel","legal-strategy","boston","judicial-oversight","administration"],"audioDurationSec":162,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-044.mp3","bytes":6475040,"durationSec":161.73,"bitrate":320285,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","transcriptGapSeconds":152,"transcriptGapShare":0.94,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}