{"conversationCode":"011-051","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-051","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:20:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:19 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-051 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. 011-051\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: 9:19 am - 9:20 am\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n [See Conversation No. 288-10]\n\n        George P. Shultz\n             -James D. Hodgson\n             -George Meany\n\n        Buchanan's schedule","filename":["011-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:18:49","tapeEnd":"01:19:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"011-050","nextCode":"011-052","transcript":[{"start":1.4,"end":29.99,"text":"yeah yes sir sorry to bother you i just want to know if schultz provided you with satisfactory material yesterday afternoon on those yeah i'll tell you what's happened uh he is over he and hudson are over talking to me right now right at nine o'clock and uh pending that talk why the answers of course will uh have to be delayed so don't worry about it i uh i talked to him a great considerable length yesterday and i it's very likely that i won't comment at all on that subject"},{"start":30.29,"end":30.79,"text":"Okay."},{"start":31.17,"end":32.24,"text":"What do you mean while they're meeting?"},{"start":33.47,"end":33.6,"text":"Right."},{"start":34.07,"end":34.53,"text":"Okay."},{"start":34.93,"end":35.78,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":35.88,"end":37.24,"text":"Come on over a minute."},{"start":37.49,"end":38.29,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":38.31,"end":38.71,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan discussed the status of labor-related negotiations involving George Shultz and James Hodgson. Nixon informed Buchanan that he was currently meeting with the two officials to address the issue and consequently requested a delay in preparing further materials. The President ultimately decided to refrain from immediate public comment on the subject and invited Buchanan to his office for a follow-up discussion.","topics":["Labor relations","Economic policy","George Shultz","James Hodgson","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:19:55.088Z"},"topicSlugs":["labor-relations","economic-policy","george-shultz","james-hodgson","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-051.mp3","bytes":1310461,"durationSec":40.83,"bitrate":256772,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.686Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}