{"conversationCode":"042-042","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-042","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T13:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"8:42 AM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)]; White House operator; Shields, Ralph;","description":"On April 15, 1971, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Ralph Shields talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-042 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-42\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:42 am and 3:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nTerry [Surname unknown] talked with the White House operator.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2018. Segment\ncleared for release.]\n[Non-historical Returnable]\n[042-042-w001]\n[Duration: 27s]\n\n       Call to 280\n\nTerry [Surname unknown] talked with Ralph Shields at an unknown time between 8:42 am and\n3:15 pm\n\n       Refreshment and Meal order\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["042-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:50:52","tapeEnd":"00:51:18","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator","Shields, Ralph"],"prevCode":"042-041","nextCode":"042-043","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.76,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Ralph Shields and a caller identified as Terry coordinate a food or beverage delivery to the White House. This brief interaction functions strictly as an administrative arrangement for staff refreshments. No policy matters or substantive political business are discussed during the exchange.","topics":["Logistics","White House operations","Staff administration","Refreshments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:17:56.538Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","white-house-operations","staff-administration","refreshments"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-042.mp3","bytes":237568,"durationSec":27.11,"bitrate":70110,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}