{"conversationCode":"011-056","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-056","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T14:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T14:14:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:04 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-056 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. 11-56\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:04 am and 10:14 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n                                              30\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. 10/06)\n\n\n\n\n[See Conversation No. 288-12]\n\n     Request for call to George P. Shultz","filename":["011-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:28:15","tapeEnd":"01:28:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-055","nextCode":"011-057","transcript":[{"start":1.42,"end":4.45,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.36,"text":"Schultz please."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.58,"text":"Thank you sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz, who was serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the time. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical precursor to a subsequent policy or personnel discussion between the President and Shultz. No substantive policy decisions or political developments are finalized during this specific interaction.","topics":["George P. Shultz","Office of Management and Budget","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:20:22.600Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","office-of-management-and-budget","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-056.mp3","bytes":261381,"durationSec":8.05,"bitrate":259733,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}