{"conversationCode":"360-004","tapeNumber":360,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-360-004","startDateTime":"1972-09-08T18:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-08T18:13:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1972","startTime":"2:12 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1972","endTime":"2:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:12 pm to 2:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 360-004 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. 360-4\n\nDate: September 8, 1972\nTime: 2:12 pm - 2:13 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.\n\n          The President's schedule\n            -Previous meeting on drug abuse law enforcement\n                    -Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. and Ehrlichman\n                         -Afternoon meeting with the President\n                             -Charles W. Colson","filename":["360-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"360-003","nextCode":"360-005","transcript":[{"start":5.26,"end":21.3,"text":"John, in that meeting with the drug people in Krogh, the idea came up and I wanted to view it in Krogh today."},{"start":21.32,"end":22.48,"text":"I like that one."},{"start":25.8,"end":43.14,"text":"Don't take 15 minutes."},{"start":43.16,"end":43.18,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman briefly coordinate upcoming scheduling logistics following a meeting regarding drug abuse law enforcement. The discussion focuses on arranging a follow-up appointment with Egil Krogh Jr. to further examine specific proposals developed during the earlier session. Nixon explicitly instructs Ehrlichman to keep the subsequent meeting with Charles Colson efficient and brief.","topics":["Drug abuse policy","White House scheduling","Egil Krogh","Charles Colson","Executive management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:51:45.141Z"},"topicSlugs":["drug-abuse-policy","white-house-scheduling","egil-krogh","charles-colson","executive-management"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"360-004.mp3","bytes":1154820,"durationSec":48.04,"bitrate":192309,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/360-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/360-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/360/conversation-360-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}