{"conversationCode":"371-007","tapeNumber":371,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-371-007","startDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-20T14:04:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 20, 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 9:50 am and 10:04 am. 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Shultz’s recent press briefing\n             -Philadelphia","filename":["371-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"371-006","nextCode":"371-008","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":11.7,"text":"Uh, I thought that, uh, I didn't pose no problem and, uh, what I wanted to do was come down and, uh,"},{"start":12.38,"end":36.67,"text":"I noticed that it's a very important thing."},{"start":36.69,"end":39.06,"text":"I noticed the World Series is going to be on at 4 o'clock and I haven't had a chance to see any of the other episodes."},{"start":39.08,"end":40.18,"text":"It's getting on at 4 o'clock and I don't have to do it."},{"start":40.2,"end":41.26,"text":"I thought it may be coming in at the end of the year."},{"start":41.88,"end":61.97,"text":"You will attend your next discussion, and I'll leave it at 7.30 for all the comments, if you want to."},{"start":61.99,"end":62.55,"text":"So I'll be out at 7 o'clock."},{"start":62.57,"end":62.67,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":62.69,"end":62.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":62.81,"end":62.93,"text":"Right."},{"start":62.95,"end":63.65,"text":"And I will have my next discussion."},{"start":63.67,"end":64.94,"text":"I have to do this, though, because that's what I'm going to do."},{"start":70.01,"end":84.25,"text":"Okay."},{"start":84.27,"end":84.95,"text":"Well, I'll stay at that for $3.00."},{"start":84.97,"end":85.07,"text":"Okay."},{"start":85.09,"end":85.19,"text":"Fine."},{"start":85.21,"end":87.3,"text":"Then does the, uh, anything like, uh, material, uh, material, and filter, and, uh, company, there, so..."},{"start":94.63,"end":117.24,"text":"In case, what do they do?"},{"start":117.26,"end":118.11,"text":"Just drop a message and start saying that?"},{"start":118.13,"end":118.45,"text":"Yeah, that's it."},{"start":126.39,"end":140.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":140.13,"end":140.23,"text":"Wait."},{"start":140.25,"end":140.35,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":140.37,"end":140.75,"text":"You're going at 11."},{"start":140.77,"end":141.13,"text":"Where do I put it?"},{"start":141.15,"end":141.51,"text":"On the other side."},{"start":141.53,"end":141.85,"text":"That's about it."},{"start":141.87,"end":141.95,"text":"Bye."},{"start":141.97,"end":142.05,"text":"Bye."},{"start":142.07,"end":142.15,"text":"Bye."},{"start":142.17,"end":142.27,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to coordinate scheduling details for upcoming events, including a meeting on economic issues at Camp David and First Lady Pat Nixon’s travel to Florida. They briefly discussed recent press briefings conducted by Ehrlichman and George Shultz. The conversation concluded with administrative arrangements regarding timing and the logistics for upcoming discussions.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Economic Policy","White House Communications","Pat Nixon","John Ehrlichman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:14:59.150Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","economic-policy","white-house-communications","pat-nixon","john-ehrlichman"],"audioDurationSec":145,"audioFiles":[{"file":"371-007.mp3","bytes":3486405,"durationSec":145.21,"bitrate":192070,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","transcriptGapSeconds":67,"transcriptGapShare":0.46,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/371-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/371/conversation-371-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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