{"conversationCode":"302-015","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-015","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T19:08:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-015 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. 302-15\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: 3:06 pm - 3:08 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-34]","filename":["302-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:04","tapeEnd":"00:32:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"302-014","nextCode":"302-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.36,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.94,"end":7.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.1,"end":15.97,"text":"I wondered if there was anything you had on the fire with Rockefeller."},{"start":21.22,"end":26.85,"text":"He has to call in for me, and I'm wondering if I should guard up in case he's after some money or something."},{"start":26.87,"end":27.47,"text":"I'll play some calls with him."},{"start":27.49,"end":28.89,"text":"And if you'd like to call in about the maintenance, I'll be sure to..."},{"start":29.56,"end":33.11,"text":"I'll take that off."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with John Ehrlichman regarding an upcoming interaction with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to prepare for potential requests for financial assistance. Ehrlichman agreed to monitor the situation and screen future communications to manage Rockefeller's expectations. The discussion focused on maintaining administrative control over the President's engagement with the Governor.","topics":["Nelson Rockefeller","Political strategy","White House operations","Financial requests","John Ehrlichman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:11:16.804Z"},"topicSlugs":["nelson-rockefeller","political-strategy","white-house-operations","financial-requests","john-ehrlichman"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-015.mp3","bytes":1345620,"durationSec":33.49,"bitrate":321407,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}