{"conversationCode":"429-019","tapeNumber":429,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-429-019","startDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:59:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:58 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:58 pm to 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 429-019\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\n\nTime: 5:58 pm - 5:59 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 038-122]","filename":["429-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"429-018","nextCode":"429-020","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":0.52,"text":"So?"},{"start":1.61,"end":10.07,"text":"Well, what's that mystery?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with John Ehrlichman to initiate an inquiry regarding a vague, unspecified matter referred to as a \"mystery.\" The dialogue reflects the intense atmosphere of the escalating Watergate scandal, as the participants exchange minimal information during this short encounter. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Watergate","John Ehrlichman","Presidential inquiry","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:38:24.270Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","john-ehrlichman","presidential-inquiry","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"429-019.mp3","bytes":481280,"durationSec":14.92,"bitrate":258058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.928Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/429-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/429/conversation-429-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}