{"conversationCode":"024-157","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":157,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-157","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-157 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. 24-157\n\nDate: May 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:51 am and 11:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 726-1D]\n\n     Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["024a.mp3","024c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:55","tapeEnd":"03:59:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-156","nextCode":"024-158","tapeTranscriptFile":"024a.mp3,024c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7844.04,"end":7852.04,"text":"i think that what we can say in effect is that well after all schultz is now in and he he can be acting i don't think of that and uh do you agree yes yes because you really will have finished all you have to do with schultz so you've got 10 days now to do that right yes sir okay yeah that'll be no problem then that'll run from about the second you've got a figure i think you're you're looking"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7844.044898,"end":7852.044898,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The brief administrative exchange touched upon scheduling logistics regarding George Shultz's transition into a new role and the associated timeline for completing relevant tasks. The conversation served primarily as a logistical step to coordinate high-level communication between the President and military leadership.","topics":["Thomas H. Moorer","George Shultz","White House logistics","Communication coordination","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:01:23.954Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-h-moorer","george-shultz","white-house-logistics","communication-coordination","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024a.mp3","bytes":117007070,"durationSec":7329.89,"bitrate":127704,"missing":false},{"file":"024c.mp3","bytes":29613776,"durationSec":1855.07,"bitrate":127709,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-157","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-157","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}