{"conversationCode":"009-140","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-140","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T16:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:58 PM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-140 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-140\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: 12:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 280-12]\n\n     Request for call to George P. Shultz","filename":["009-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:44:30","tapeEnd":"04:44:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-139","nextCode":"009-141","transcript":[{"start":2.16,"end":3.11,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.13,"end":3.96,"text":"Schultz, please."},{"start":3.98,"end":4.51,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with George P. Shultz, then the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The call served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Shultz. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording segment.","topics":["George P. Shultz","Presidential communications","Office of Management and Budget","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:02:26.390Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","presidential-communications","office-of-management-and-budget","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-140.mp3","bytes":146075,"durationSec":6.01,"bitrate":194361,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}