{"conversationCode":"307-015","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-015","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T19:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:22 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-015 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. 307-015\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/11/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[307-015-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 57s]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n              -Afternoon\n\n       The President’s view\n\n       Unknown person’s immoral position\n\n       Government\n             -Small countries\n             -Polls\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -The President’s statement\n               -Charles W. Colson [?]\n\n       Dwight D. Eisenhower\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["307-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:31:49","tapeEnd":"00:34:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"307-014","nextCode":"307-016","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":15.89,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":15.91,"end":20.68,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":21.74,"end":23.73,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":23.75,"end":25.01,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":25.33,"end":52.2,"text":"."},{"start":52.22,"end":52.24,"text":"."},{"start":52.26,"end":52.28,"text":"."},{"start":53.2,"end":63.41,"text":"."},{"start":63.43,"end":66.04,"text":"."},{"start":66.7,"end":68.64,"text":"."},{"start":69.2,"end":69.22,"text":"."},{"start":71.9,"end":77.93,"text":"."},{"start":78.97,"end":94.92,"text":"The government."},{"start":95.36,"end":124.2,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":124.18,"end":147.24,"text":"I want it out."},{"start":148.14,"end":177.29,"text":"."},{"start":177.31,"end":177.33,"text":"."},{"start":177.35,"end":177.37,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session in the Old Executive Office Building to dictate a memorandum regarding a specific government matter. The brief recording captures the President expressing a clear directive for the removal or release of information, emphasizing the urgency of his decision. The substance of the directive remains obscured by the lack of clear transcript details and a subsequent period of withdrawn material.","topics":["Presidential directive","Memorandum","Government administration","Executive decision-making"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:19:02.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-directive","memorandum","government-administration","executive-decision-making"],"audioDurationSec":177,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-015.mp3","bytes":7098828,"durationSec":177.33,"bitrate":320262,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.806Z","transcriptGapSeconds":124,"transcriptGapShare":0.7,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}