{"conversationCode":"003-005","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T12:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T13:51:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"8:07 AM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"9:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:51 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 003-005\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:07 am and 9:51 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to George P. Shultz","filename":["003-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:27","tapeEnd":"00:03:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-004","nextCode":"003-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.35,"text":"Mr. Schultz please."},{"start":1.37,"end":2.73,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with George P. Shultz. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No policy decisions or substantive matters are discussed during this administrative interaction.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Communication logistics","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:21:03.600Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-005.mp3","bytes":36864,"durationSec":2.8,"bitrate":105336,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}