{"conversationCode":"003-056","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-056","startDateTime":"1971-05-17T23:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-17T23:34:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1971","startTime":"7:34 PM","endDate":"17-May-1971","endTime":"7:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-056 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. 003-056\n\nDate: May 17, 1971\nTime: 7:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's location\n\n     Call to George P. Shultz\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:03:27","tapeEnd":"01:03:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-055","nextCode":"003-057","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11,"text":"No, I talked to Mr. Schultz."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of John D. Ehrlichman. The President confirmed he had already spoken with George P. Shultz regarding his inquiries. The exchange served as a brief administrative coordination effort to facilitate further executive communications.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","George P. Shultz","Executive communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:25:42.840Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","george-p-shultz","executive-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-056.mp3","bytes":228422,"durationSec":13.25,"bitrate":137872,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.597Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}