{"conversationCode":"044-074","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-074","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T22:11:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-074 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-074\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-10]\n\n       Call to George P. Shultz","filename":["044-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-073","nextCode":"044-075","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.5,"text":"George Schultz, please."},{"start":3.52,"end":3.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. This interaction serves as a brief procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a key cabinet official. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange beyond the request for the connection.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House communications","Cabinet relations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:51:40.018Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-communications","cabinet-relations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-074.mp3","bytes":221184,"durationSec":5.42,"bitrate":326699,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.252Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}