{"conversationCode":"509-015","tapeNumber":509,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-509-015","startDateTime":"1971-06-03T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-03T19:07:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 509-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 509-015\n\nDate: June 3, 1971\nTime: 3:06 pm - 3:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the President\n\n[See Conversation No. 4-21]","filename":["509-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:37:23","tapeEnd":"02:39:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"509-014","nextCode":"509-016","transcript":[{"start":7.07,"end":12.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.86,"end":14.5,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14.52,"end":14.64,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":15.74,"end":15.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":18.14,"end":24.68,"text":"Do you guys think you want to go over before 3.30?"},{"start":24.7,"end":24.89,"text":"All right."},{"start":24.91,"end":25.26,"text":"Fine."},{"start":25.28,"end":25.38,"text":"Fine."},{"start":25.4,"end":25.86,"text":"All right."},{"start":25.88,"end":27.58,"text":"We certainly got a lot of law enforcement out today."},{"start":27.88,"end":31.29,"text":"He said it really drove the press up the wall."},{"start":31.3,"end":35.39,"text":"There's a goddamn man biting their nails."},{"start":35.43,"end":35.67,"text":"That's nice."},{"start":35.69,"end":35.79,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman briefly coordinate the timing of a meeting scheduled for later that afternoon. During the exchange, they discuss the visible presence of law enforcement around the White House grounds, which Nixon notes has successfully unsettled the press corps. No major policy decisions are reached, as the conversation serves primarily as a logistical check-in.","topics":["White House logistics","Law enforcement","Media relations","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:38:07.940Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","law-enforcement","media-relations","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"509-015.mp3","bytes":1512819,"durationSec":37.68,"bitrate":321183,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:52.983Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/509-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/509-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/509/conversation-509-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}