{"conversationCode":"688-011","tapeNumber":688,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-688-011","startDateTime":"1972-03-18T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-18T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"18-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 688-011 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. 688-11\n\nDate: March 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Ehrlichman's schedule\n                -Meeting with the President","filename":["688-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:22:58","tapeEnd":"01:25:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"688-010","nextCode":"688-012","transcript":[{"start":8.48,"end":8.9,"text":"Hi, John."},{"start":9.71,"end":10.85,"text":"I didn't know you were in today."},{"start":11.45,"end":11.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.11,"end":12.83,"text":"What are you working on?"},{"start":14.83,"end":15.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":15.6,"end":16.76,"text":"One drop down in that herd, Tom."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate their respective schedules. The discussion focused on current work priorities and managing the President’s agenda for the day. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","John Ehrlichman","Richard Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:39:59.082Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","john-ehrlichman","richard-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"688-011.mp3","bytes":753158,"durationSec":18.69,"bitrate":322301,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/688-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/688-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/688/conversation-688-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}