{"conversationCode":"326-002","tapeNumber":326,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-326-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-24T14:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-24T14:38:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Mar-1972","startTime":"9:20 AM","endDate":"24-Mar-1972","endTime":"9:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On March 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 9:20 am and 9:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 326-002 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. 326-2\n\nDate: March 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:20 am and 9:38 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     News summary\n         -Unknown person\n               -Resignation\n         -Possible press conference question\n         -Elliot Richardson\n               -Unknown man","filename":["326a.mp3","326b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:26","tapeEnd":"00:45:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"326-001","nextCode":"326-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"326a.mp3,326b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2684.95,"end":2700,"text":"You see, we've got this situation."},{"start":2712.51,"end":2733.89,"text":"We got the situation, you see, where, well, we've got the situation, John, where we have no discipline, where all these people run off and say this and that and the other thing."},{"start":2733.95,"end":2734.45,"text":"Where is he?"},{"start":2734.57,"end":2735.65,"text":"Oh, I don't know."},{"start":2735.81,"end":2740.3,"text":"I can't, he just, I guess, just tell Rick to get a word from him, shut up his mouth, okay?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2601.125,"end":2751.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss the administration's struggle with internal discipline and the tendency of staff members to speak publicly without authorization. Frustrated by the lack of message control, Nixon directs Ehrlichman to instruct an unidentified subordinate to remain silent regarding sensitive issues. The pair briefly touch upon concerns regarding personnel resignations and potential inquiries they might face during an upcoming press conference.","topics":["White House discipline","Staff management","Public relations","Message control","Press conference preparation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:12:06.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-discipline","staff-management","public-relations","message-control","press-conference-preparation"],"audioDurationSec":81,"audioFiles":[{"file":"326a.mp3","bytes":117295011,"durationSec":7330.94,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"326b.mp3","bytes":64044111,"durationSec":4002.76,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/326a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/326b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/326-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/326/conversation-326-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}