{"conversationCode":"601-031","tapeNumber":601,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-601-031","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T16:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T16:35:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:31 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 601-31\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     Ehrlichman's schedule","filename":["601-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:42:59","tapeEnd":"03:43:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"601-030","nextCode":"601-032","transcript":[{"start":9.43,"end":11.63,"text":"When I've got your office now, I'm fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman held a brief meeting in the Oval Office to coordinate scheduling matters. The discussion centered on managing Ehrlichman's upcoming calendar and administrative availability. No substantive policy decisions were recorded during this short exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Scheduling","John D. Ehrlichman","Executive office management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:32:00.486Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","scheduling","john-d-ehrlichman","executive-office-management"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"601-031.mp3","bytes":553583,"durationSec":13.7,"bitrate":323254,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/601-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/601/conversation-601-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}