{"conversationCode":"317-003","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-003","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On January 24, 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-003 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. 317-003\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\nEhrlichman's schedule\n-Meeting with the President\n-Previous meeting with Frank L. Rizzo\n-Location\n-Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["317-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:01","tapeEnd":"00:06:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"317-002","nextCode":"317-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.51,"text":"Hi, John."},{"start":7.73,"end":8.44,"text":"Are you tied up for 850 years?"},{"start":8.8,"end":12.69,"text":"Well, I'm free tomorrow."},{"start":12.71,"end":13.83,"text":"I want to talk about, uh, vitamins, about grease oil."},{"start":13.85,"end":13.93,"text":"Bye."},{"start":13.95,"end":14.19,"text":"See you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman coordinate their upcoming schedules to facilitate a follow-up discussion. The exchange focuses on arranging a meeting to address specific administrative or policy issues referred to as 'vitamins' and 'grease oil.' The conversation concludes with the two agreeing to meet the following day to deliberate on these matters.","topics":["Scheduling","Administration","Policy Planning","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:44:27.588Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","administration","policy-planning","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-003.mp3","bytes":573456,"durationSec":14.19,"bitrate":323364,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}