{"conversationCode":"307-016","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-016","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); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On December 8, 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 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-016 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. 307-016\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -George P. Shultz and Ehrlichman meeting\n               -Time\n               -Location\n                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["307-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:34:58","tapeEnd":"00:35:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"307-015","nextCode":"307-017","transcript":[{"start":1.62,"end":25.25,"text":"Did you have something that you had chosen on the go?"},{"start":25.27,"end":25.45,"text":"I'm free."},{"start":25.47,"end":27.87,"text":"430."},{"start":27.89,"end":28.33,"text":"430."},{"start":29.31,"end":31.66,"text":"Excellent, fine."},{"start":31.68,"end":33.55,"text":"You're ready to withdraw."},{"start":33.57,"end":34.04,"text":"I'll be in a few weeks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman coordinated their upcoming schedules to ensure availability for a meeting with George Shultz. They confirmed a meeting time of 4:30 PM to be held in the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange focused exclusively on logistics and confirming the participants' readiness for this administrative discussion.","topics":["Scheduling","George Shultz","John Ehrlichman","White House Administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:19:07.545Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","george-shultz","john-ehrlichman","white-house-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-016.mp3","bytes":1484591,"durationSec":36.98,"bitrate":321157,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.807Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}