{"conversationCode":"004-098","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-098","startDateTime":"1971-06-09T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-09T20:04:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1971","endTime":"4:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-098 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. 4-98\n\nDate: June 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 4:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to George P. Shultz","filename":["004-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:26:52","tapeEnd":"03:26:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-097","nextCode":"004-099","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":2.98,"text":"Schultz."},{"start":3.51,"end":5.87,"text":"George Schultz."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to George P. Shultz, then the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and Shultz. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for a connection.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:48:59.979Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-098.mp3","bytes":72734,"durationSec":5.83,"bitrate":99821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}