{"conversationCode":"343-023","tapeNumber":343,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-343-023","startDateTime":"1972-06-21T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-21T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jun-1972","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"21-Jun-1972","endTime":"3:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On June 21, 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 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-023 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. 343-23\n\nDate: June 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 and 3:56 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     Congress\n         -Pesticide bill\n               -Administration support\n         -Wiretapping\n               -John F. Kennedy administration\n                     -Number\n         -Hijacking convention\n               -Saboteur convention\n               -Hugh Scott\n\n     Busing moratorium\n          -Constitutionality\n          -Enactment","filename":["343a.mp3","343b.mp3","343c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:55:12","tapeEnd":"00:57:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"343-022","nextCode":"343-024","tapeTranscriptFile":"343a.mp3,343b.mp3,343c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3312,"end":3328.44,"text":"First, on the pesticide bill, do I understand that we do have a bill there, and we do support it, and that it would resolve this issue, and allow some of these to be closed?"},{"start":3328.66,"end":3331.26,"text":"Is that about it?"},{"start":3331.3,"end":3332.48,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3332.76,"end":3333.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3333.94,"end":3335.6,"text":"All right."},{"start":3335.64,"end":3337.38,"text":"What is the situation regarding this issue?"},{"start":3376.74,"end":3384.29,"text":"It's the hijacking convention, and the sidecar convention."},{"start":3384.57,"end":3392.22,"text":"It's the congress to approve those citizens before they come."},{"start":3392.34,"end":3396.78,"text":"I would have, and certainly, one of our right charters,"},{"start":3411.27,"end":3414.55,"text":"On the Constitution, it's more appropriate."},{"start":3414.65,"end":3418.15,"text":"It doesn't depend upon the enactment of the other act."},{"start":3418.19,"end":3420.92,"text":"That's dependent to the other."},{"start":3420.96,"end":3424.1,"text":"We got it before, but it doesn't have to be enacted."},{"start":3424.14,"end":3424.64,"text":"Go ahead."},{"start":3424.66,"end":3425.14,"text":"Go ahead."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3312,"end":3438,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to discuss the administration's legislative priorities, specifically focusing on support for a pesticide bill and the status of international hijacking and sabotage conventions. The discussion also touched upon the legislative mechanics and constitutional considerations of a proposed busing moratorium. Additionally, the President inquired about historical wiretapping practices during the Kennedy administration as part of his broader interest in congressional and legal affairs.","topics":["Pesticide legislation","Hijacking conventions","Busing moratorium","Wiretapping","Legislative strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:15:20.585Z"},"topicSlugs":["pesticide-legislation","hijacking-conventions","busing-moratorium","wiretapping","legislative-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":126,"audioFiles":[{"file":"343a.mp3","bytes":117001860,"durationSec":7312.62,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"343b.mp3","bytes":117238716,"durationSec":7327.42,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"343c.mp3","bytes":12184740,"durationSec":761.55,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:42.253Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/343a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/343b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/343c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/343/conversation-343-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}