{"conversationCode":"019-116","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-116","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-116 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 19-116\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 4:20 pm - 4:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with George P. Shultz.\n\n[See Conversation No. 318-5]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Shultz\n               -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n          -Congressman Page Belcher","filename":["019-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"019-115","nextCode":"019-117","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":1.87,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.11,"end":3.01,"text":"Mr. Schultz, Mr. Morrison."},{"start":4.79,"end":5.62,"text":"Hello, George."},{"start":5.66,"end":6.12,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.16,"end":7.74,"text":"Are you free at the moment?"},{"start":7.84,"end":8.34,"text":"Yes, I am."},{"start":8.36,"end":9.62,"text":"Could you drop over to the EOB?"},{"start":9.69,"end":10.37,"text":"I want to talk to you."},{"start":10.39,"end":14.1,"text":"I've got to see Belcher in a few minutes, but I want to talk to you for a few minutes before he comes in."},{"start":14.26,"end":15.56,"text":"Okay, I'll be right over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted George P. Shultz to request an immediate, in-person meeting at the Executive Office Building. Nixon intended to consult with Shultz briefly prior to a scheduled meeting with Congressman Page Belcher. Shultz agreed to the request and promptly headed to the President's office.","topics":["White House scheduling","George P. Shultz","Page Belcher","Executive Office Building","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:45:41.623Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","george-p-shultz","page-belcher","executive-office-building","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-116.mp3","bytes":391208,"durationSec":16.24,"bitrate":192702,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}