{"conversationCode":"046-060","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":60,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-060","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"3:37 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"3:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:37 pm and 3:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-060 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. 46-60\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:37 pm and 3:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-28]\n\n     Telephone call to George P. Shultz","filename":["046-060.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-059","nextCode":"046-061","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":2.23,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.25,"end":3.26,"text":"Secretary Schultz, please."},{"start":3.5,"end":5.01,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz through the White House operator. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request to establish a direct line of communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Communication logistics","Executive branch","Telephone protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:26:12.073Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","executive-branch","telephone-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-060.mp3","bytes":337920,"durationSec":10.45,"bitrate":258612,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-060.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-060","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-060","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}