{"conversationCode":"022-074","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-074","startDateTime":"1972-04-04T15:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-04T15:44:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:44 AM","endDate":"4-Apr-1972","endTime":"10:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-074 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. 22-74\n\nDate: April 4, 1972\nTime: 10:44 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 701-7]\n\n     Request for call to George P. Shultz","filename":["022-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:05:10","tapeEnd":"03:05:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-073","nextCode":"022-075","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.23,"text":"George Schultz, please."},{"start":3.27,"end":4.32,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place an outgoing call to George P. Shultz, who was serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the time. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Shultz. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the interaction is limited to connecting the telephone line.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Presidential communications","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:23:49.262Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-074.mp3","bytes":107832,"durationSec":4.42,"bitrate":195068,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}