{"conversationCode":"878-012","tapeNumber":878,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-878-012","startDateTime":"1973-03-13T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-13T17:42:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"13-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 878-12\n\nDate: March 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:42 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n       Meeting with Cabinet officers\n            -Attendance\n                  -Food prices\n                  -Stockpile group\n                  -US Navy","filename":["878-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"878-011","nextCode":"878-013","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":8.94,"text":"John, on this meeting at 3 o'clock, I don't want to limit the food price."},{"start":9.52,"end":18.6,"text":"I want those jackasses from that stockpile group and then maybe the others, because that'll help, too."},{"start":19.75,"end":20.41,"text":"OK, good."},{"start":20.59,"end":23.09,"text":"Because they said here, food price, people might just want to be sure."},{"start":23.53,"end":24.47,"text":"And then I want them there."},{"start":24.51,"end":26.27,"text":"And I intend to really rip them of that."},{"start":26.37,"end":29.23,"text":"All right, good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discussed the upcoming 3:00 p.m. meeting with Cabinet officers, specifically focusing on the administration's stance on food prices. Nixon directed Ehrlichman to include members of the stockpile group and emphasized his intention to aggressively confront the attendees regarding these economic concerns. This meeting served as a strategic planning session for managing Cabinet expectations and policy messaging.","topics":["Food prices","Cabinet meetings","Economic policy","John Ehrlichman","Stockpile management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:58:43.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["food-prices","cabinet-meetings","economic-policy","john-ehrlichman","stockpile-management"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"878-012.mp3","bytes":233472,"durationSec":36.55,"bitrate":51106,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/878-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/878/conversation-878-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}