{"conversationCode":"046-089","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-089","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T13:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"9:36 AM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:36 am and 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-089 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. 46-89\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:36 am and 9:59 am\n\f                                              -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 921-4]\n\n     Telephone call to George P. Shultz","filename":["046-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-088","nextCode":"046-090","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.36,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.5,"end":3.87,"text":"Mr. George Schultz, please."},{"start":4.03,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to contact Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. The conversation was purely administrative, serving as the bridge to connect the President with his Treasury Secretary for an upcoming discussion. No policy matters or substantive decisions were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Treasury Department","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:51.225Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","treasury-department","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-089.mp3","bytes":358400,"durationSec":11.11,"bitrate":258151,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}