{"conversationCode":"288-008","tapeNumber":288,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-288-008","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T12:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:19:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:46 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 12, 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 8:46 am and 9:19 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-008 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. 288-8\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:19 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     Ehrlichman's schedule","filename":["288-008-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:20:00","tapeEnd":"00:20:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"288-007","nextCode":"288-009","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with John D. Ehrlichman in the Executive Office Building to review and coordinate the Domestic Advisor's upcoming professional schedule. The discussion centered on managing Ehrlichman's calendar to ensure alignment with presidential priorities and administrative demands. No further policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative meeting.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Scheduling","White House Administration","Domestic Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:34:27.677Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","white-house-administration","domestic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"288-008-splice.mp3","bytes":368266,"durationSec":22.99,"bitrate":128160,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.603Z","originalFilename":["288a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["288a.mp3"],"cutStart":1198.5,"cutEnd":1221.5,"adjustedStart":1198.5,"adjustedEnd":1221.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.603Z"},"transcript":[{"start":1212.76,"end":1216.96,"text":"You're canon."},{"start":1219.4,"end":1219.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1200,"end":1220,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/288-008-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/288/conversation-288-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}