{"conversationCode":"040-069","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-069","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T17:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T17:39:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:39 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-069 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 40-69\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: 1:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 445-8]\n\n      Request for telephone call\n           -George P. Shultz","filename":["040-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-068","nextCode":"040-070","transcript":[{"start":2.23,"end":7.06,"text":"Well, we've got Secretary Schultz, please."},{"start":7.12,"end":10.51,"text":"Now, if he's at lunch or something, don't interrupt him, please."},{"start":10.53,"end":10.83,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.85,"end":11.37,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. The President explicitly requested that the operator avoid interrupting Shultz if he was currently at lunch, reflecting a desire to minimize disruption to the Secretary's schedule. This routine administrative request served as a preparatory step for an impending discussion between the President and his Treasury Secretary.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:02:33.083Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-069.mp3","bytes":647168,"durationSec":20.13,"bitrate":257152,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}