{"conversationCode":"530-007","tapeNumber":530,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-530-007","startDateTime":"1971-06-29T15:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-29T15:22:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jun-1971","startTime":"11:22 AM","endDate":"29-Jun-1971","endTime":"11:22 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator;","description":"On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 530-007 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. 530-7\n\nDate: June 29, 1971\nTime: 11:22 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with John D. Ehrlichman.\n[The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress]\n\n     Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]\n          -J. Edgar Hoover\n          -John N. Mitchell\n\n[The President talked with the White House operator at 11:22 am]\n\n[Conversation No. 530-7A]\n                                               17\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                        Tape Subject Log\n                                          (rev. 10/08)\n\n\n\n\n[See Conversation No. 6-20]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     FBI\n           -Discipline\n                -Daniel Ellsberg case                           Conv.No. 530-6 (cont.)\n                       -Hoover\n                       -Jews\n\nEhrlichman left at 11:22 am.","filename":["530-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:56:54","tapeEnd":"01:58:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"530-006","nextCode":"530-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.4,"text":"I think that Hoover would jump over the traces with Mitchell."},{"start":2.76,"end":5.48,"text":"It's a value judgment."},{"start":5.64,"end":11.12,"text":"I'm going to go to the FBI thing tomorrow, and I just don't want this sort of thing to happen."},{"start":11.14,"end":11.36,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":11.38,"end":15.05,"text":"And then let Mitchell handle it."},{"start":15.17,"end":16.05,"text":"Attorney General Mitchell, please."},{"start":27.13,"end":43.97,"text":"And to be brought down by the Ellsberg case of all things."},{"start":43.99,"end":48.36,"text":"You see, Ellsberg would just add that scalp to his belt."},{"start":48.5,"end":54.93,"text":"Either way, that he's caused dissension in the ranks of the FBI and all that stuff, it just, it has..."},{"start":58.92,"end":65.26,"text":"And I know it's breaking his heart."},{"start":66.82,"end":72.51,"text":"Just can't help it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss the internal handling of the Daniel Ellsberg investigation and their concerns regarding J. Edgar Hoover’s management of the FBI. The President expresses anxiety that internal dissension within the Bureau, exacerbated by the Ellsberg case, could undermine the administration's political standing. Nixon ultimately decides to intervene by coordinating with Attorney General John Mitchell to regain control over the Bureau's direction and ensure the case is managed according to his preferences.","topics":["Daniel Ellsberg","FBI","J. Edgar Hoover","John N. Mitchell","Internal administration politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:07:13.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["daniel-ellsberg","fbi","j-edgar-hoover","john-n-mitchell","internal-administration-politics"],"audioDurationSec":74,"audioFiles":[{"file":"530-007.mp3","bytes":2963122,"durationSec":73.94,"bitrate":320618,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/530-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/530-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/530/conversation-530-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}