{"conversationCode":"314-004","tapeNumber":314,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-314-004","startDateTime":"1972-01-13T20:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-13T20:50:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:41 PM","endDate":"13-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On January 13, 1972, 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 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 314-004\nDate: January 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person [John D. Ehrlichman?].\nRaymond K. Price, Jr.’s draft\n-Supplementary notes","filename":["314-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:09","tapeEnd":"01:08:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"314-003","nextCode":"314-005","transcript":[{"start":5.41,"end":19.61,"text":"Well, I just got something from Ray here, and I find that it's a third batch of what he calls supplementary notes for me to rummage through."},{"start":19.63,"end":34.93,"text":"Well, now, I know that we're really at a point now that I can't keep screwing around with this, and I like it, but..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman discuss the handling of supplementary notes drafted by Raymond K. Price, Jr. for the President's review. Nixon expresses frustration regarding the volume of material and the need to finalize his approach to these documents rather than delaying further. The conversation centers on the administrative burden of processing these drafts and the urgency of moving forward with the project.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House administration","speechwriting","documentation","presidential workflow"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:39:00.922Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-administration","speechwriting","documentation","presidential-workflow"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"314-004.mp3","bytes":1737472,"durationSec":43.29,"bitrate":321051,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/314-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/314/conversation-314-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}