{"conversationCode":"015-057","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-057","startDateTime":"1971-11-21T01:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-21T01:45:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:37 PM","endDate":"20-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:37 pm and 8:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-057 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. 15-57\n\nDate: November 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:37 pm and 8:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 621-17]\n\n     Request for a call to George P. Shultz","filename":["015-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:35:12","tapeEnd":"01:35:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-056","nextCode":"015-058","transcript":[{"start":1.8,"end":4.95,"text":"All right."},{"start":4.97,"end":5.42,"text":"Mr. George, all space."},{"start":5.43,"end":5.64,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone call to George P. Shultz. The conversation was limited to the President’s directive to connect with Shultz immediately to discuss administrative or policy matters. No further substantive dialogue was recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House communications","Telephone coordination","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:16:18.523Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-communications","telephone-coordination","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-057.mp3","bytes":161749,"durationSec":6.68,"bitrate":193802,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}