{"conversationCode":"391-002","tapeNumber":391,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-391-002","startDateTime":"1972-11-01T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-01T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On November 1, 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 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 391-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 391-2\n\nDate: November 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Ehrlichman\n                  -The President’s forthcoming radio address, “The Birthright of an American\n                   Child”\n                         -Ten points [goals]","filename":["391-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"391-001","nextCode":"391-003","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":18.65,"text":"Uh, John, I'd like to go over some of the free things with regard to the, uh, the 10-point table."},{"start":18.67,"end":19.78,"text":"It's worth the extra time and I'll go over what you do."},{"start":19.8,"end":21.2,"text":"Take, well, they take time because I work on some other things anyway."},{"start":21.22,"end":21.86,"text":"Uh, I work on some other things."},{"start":21.88,"end":22.26,"text":"Yeah, I'll be here."},{"start":22.28,"end":22.58,"text":"Take your time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to coordinate the content and strategy for an upcoming radio address titled “The Birthright of an American Child.” The discussion focused on refining a ten-point policy agenda to be presented during the speech. Nixon instructed Ehrlichman to take the necessary time to carefully review and finalize these specific goals to ensure the message was effectively crafted.","topics":["Radio address","Public policy","Domestic agenda","Speechwriting","The Birthright of an American Child"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:56:58.077Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","public-policy","domestic-agenda","speechwriting","the-birthright-of-an-american-child"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"391-002.mp3","bytes":659800,"durationSec":27.36,"bitrate":192923,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/391-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/391-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/391/conversation-391-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}