{"conversationCode":"672-005","tapeNumber":672,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-672-005","startDateTime":"1972-02-15T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-15T17:56:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:47 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On February 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 672-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 672-5\n\nDate: February 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     Richard G. Kleindienst\n          -Request for a call from Ehrlichman\n          -Meeting with the President\n               -Timing\n                     -Camp David\n          -Lunch\n               -Meeting\n                     -Time","filename":["672-005-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:49:17","tapeEnd":"03:50:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"672-004","nextCode":"672-006","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discussed scheduling and potential travel plans, specifically regarding a stay at Camp David and keeping Monday open for work. They also touched upon an unspecified \"appearance in the country\" and whether any actions were necessary regarding it.","topics":["Scheduling","Camp David","Travel plans","Presidential schedule","Public appearance"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:02:21.875Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","camp-david","travel-plans","presidential-scheduling","public-appearance"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"672-005-splice.mp3","bytes":1369278,"durationSec":57.03,"bitrate":192094,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:08.761Z","originalFilename":["672a.mp3","672b.mp3","672c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["672c.mp3"],"cutStart":14972.5,"cutEnd":15029.5,"adjustedStart":14972.5,"adjustedEnd":15029.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:08.761Z"},"transcript":[{"start":14972.5,"end":14982.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I don't hold much the kitchen. Who there? A few swinging on the water show [unintelligible] There'll be a time"},{"start":14982.5,"end":14990.5,"speaker":"Ehrlichman","text":"Wait and see. Well, nobody will be in time, but uh it's [unintelligible] will be just fine."},{"start":14990.5,"end":14998.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Then figure I'm staying up until Sunday night. Now we keep Monday clear so we can stay over. [crosstalk] Well, Friday, Saturday, Sunday."},{"start":14998.5,"end":15019.5,"speaker":"Ehrlichman","text":"Yeah. But we'll keep Monday clear so you can stay over Monday. Yeah, and if you feel like uh what you final- really have to start working once, which is Monday. And I might just really uh start feeling it, and uh at the last day, I'll I'll know whether you want to come back, or I'll say, \"Hey, why don't you stay?\""},{"start":15019.5,"end":15022.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"So, we'll keep Monday. Keep Monday open [crosstalk] as far as you [unintelligible]"},{"start":15022.5,"end":15024.5,"speaker":"Ehrlichman","text":"We might just stay."},{"start":15024.5,"end":15029.5,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Now with regard to the appearance in the country, do we have to steal any of those [unintelligible]"}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:53:42.928Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/672-005-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/672-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/672/conversation-672-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}