{"conversationCode":"401-013","tapeNumber":401,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-401-013","startDateTime":"1973-01-09T20:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-09T20:04:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1973","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"9-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On January 9, 1973, 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 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-013 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 401-13\n\nDate: January 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Meetings with new Cabinet officers\n                  -Elliot L. Richardson\n            -Telephone call","filename":["401-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"401-012","nextCode":"401-014","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":26.39,"text":"John, uh, in the next couple of three days, is there any other, uh, yeah, people that, uh, that you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen, like, you've seen,"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman briefly discussed the President’s upcoming schedule and administrative agenda. The conversation focused on managing meetings with new Cabinet officials, specifically mentioning Elliot L. Richardson. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Cabinet appointments","Elliot L. Richardson","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:16:12.567Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","cabinet-appointments","elliot-l-richardson","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"401-013.mp3","bytes":752964,"durationSec":31.24,"bitrate":192820,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/401-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/401/conversation-401-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}