{"conversationCode":"424-009","tapeNumber":424,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-424-009","startDateTime":"1973-03-27T23:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-27T23:05:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:03 PM","endDate":"27-Mar-1973","endTime":"6:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On March 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:03 pm to 6:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 424-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 424-9\n\nDate: March 27, 1973\nTime: 6:03 pm - 6:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?].\n\n       Haldeman’s arrival\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 44-35]\n\nHaldeman [?] left at an unknown time before 6:05 pm.\n\f                                             -6-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 424-32 (cont’d)","filename":["424-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"424-008","nextCode":"424-010","transcript":[{"start":6.43,"end":9.05,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":9.49,"end":13.1,"text":"Oh, wow."},{"start":13.12,"end":16.3,"text":"Anything further?"},{"start":16.32,"end":19.61,"text":"I'm going to lay here."},{"start":20.69,"end":20.79,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":22.41,"end":22.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.08,"end":26.14,"text":"Oh."},{"start":29.16,"end":30.2,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.22,"end":30.32,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.34,"end":31.57,"text":"Good."},{"start":31.59,"end":31.68,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":31.7,"end":31.98,"text":"All right."},{"start":32.39,"end":32.59,"text":"All right."},{"start":33.55,"end":58.59,"text":"And, uh, you've got, uh, you're getting ready to fight."},{"start":58.61,"end":58.85,"text":"That's good."},{"start":58.87,"end":58.97,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":58.99,"end":59.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":59.11,"end":59.21,"text":"Well."},{"start":59.23,"end":59.51,"text":"Alright, well."},{"start":59.53,"end":59.85,"text":"Uh, that's good."},{"start":59.87,"end":60.03,"text":"I agree."},{"start":60.05,"end":60.21,"text":"I agree."},{"start":60.23,"end":60.55,"text":"That won't work."},{"start":60.57,"end":60.67,"text":"Okay."},{"start":60.69,"end":60.93,"text":"That's good."},{"start":60.95,"end":61.05,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":61.07,"end":61.17,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":61.19,"end":61.29,"text":"Good."},{"start":61.31,"end":61.47,"text":"Alright."},{"start":61.49,"end":61.59,"text":"Good."},{"start":69.52,"end":70.29,"text":"Good morning."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his senior aides H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman for a brief, informal check-in at the Executive Office Building. While the specific details remain obscured by the transcript's lack of substantive dialogue, the participants signaled mutual agreement on preparing for an unspecified political or legal \"fight.\" The exchange concludes with a general confirmation of strategy, highlighting the pressurized atmosphere within the White House inner circle during this period.","topics":["White House strategy","Political maneuvering","Administration management","Internal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:18:05.742Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-strategy","political-maneuvering","administration-management","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"424-009.mp3","bytes":446464,"durationSec":79.19,"bitrate":45104,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.376Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:37.973Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/424-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/424-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/424/conversation-424-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}