{"conversationCode":"015-118","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-118","startDateTime":"1971-11-23T22:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-23T22:44:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:42 PM","endDate":"23-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Shultz, George P.;","description":"On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-118 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. 15-118\n\nDate: November 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\fThe President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with George P.\nShultz before the conversation begins.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 623-24C]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["015-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:40:03","tapeEnd":"03:40:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"015-117","nextCode":"015-119","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":4.91,"text":"I better call and ask what the hell the score is."},{"start":4.93,"end":5.69,"text":"Secretary Connolly."},{"start":5.75,"end":7.12,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with George P. Shultz regarding the status of ongoing financial or political negotiations before deciding to contact Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The President expressed a desire to clarify the current situation, prompting an immediate request for the operator to connect him with Connally. This exchange reflects the administration's urgent efforts to coordinate economic policy and strategy at the highest levels.","topics":["John B. Connally","George P. Shultz","Economic Policy","Executive Communication","Cabinet Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:21:54.238Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","george-p-shultz","economic-policy","executive-communication","cabinet-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-118.mp3","bytes":179930,"durationSec":7.44,"bitrate":193543,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}