{"conversationCode":"003-093","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":93,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-093","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"3:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 3:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-093 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. 003-093\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 3:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-020F]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Call to George P. Shultz\n\nThe President conferred with Haldeman.\n\n     Melvin R. Laird\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 003-094, which has been merged with\nconversation 003-093.]\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-020D]\n\n     Consumer Price Index [CPI] figures","filename":["003-093.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:51:35","tapeEnd":"01:52:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"003-092","nextCode":"003-094","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.65,"end":1.93,"text":"Please."},{"start":1.95,"end":2.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.66,"end":3.16,"text":"Schultz."},{"start":3.34,"end":3.78,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.34,"end":13.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.44,"end":23.47,"text":"Well, we don't want to have..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted via telephone regarding personnel or policy matters involving George Shultz. The brief exchange focused on coordinating a specific administrative or cabinet-level action. No definitive final decision was recorded, as the conversation served as a preliminary coordination effort.","topics":["George Shultz","H. R. Haldeman","Personnel management","Administration policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:29:05.180Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-shultz","h-r-haldeman","personnel-management","administration-policy"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-093.mp3","bytes":280097,"durationSec":23.67,"bitrate":94682,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.602Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-093.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-093","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-093","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}