{"conversationCode":"349-015","tapeNumber":349,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-349-015","startDateTime":"1972-07-20T21:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-20T21:36:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:35 PM","endDate":"20-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 349-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 349-15\n\nDate: July 20, 1972\nTime: 5:35 pm - 5:36 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 27-29]","filename":["349-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"349-014","nextCode":"349-016","transcript":[{"start":6.48,"end":18.41,"text":"Back in New York, I thought it might be useful to talk to you about the thing tomorrow."},{"start":18.43,"end":20.21,"text":"I don't know if you've got the time right there right now."},{"start":20.23,"end":20.67,"text":"I don't have the time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John D. Ehrlichman approached President Nixon to discuss scheduling a meeting regarding an unspecified matter in New York. Due to the President’s lack of availability at that moment, the conversation concluded immediately without addressing the substantive details. No further decisions or actions were taken during this brief exchange.","topics":["Scheduling","White House logistics","Presidential availability"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:29:07.235Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","white-house-logistics","presidential-availability"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"349-015.mp3","bytes":573021,"durationSec":23.8,"bitrate":192612,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/349-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/349-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/349/conversation-349-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}