{"conversationCode":"272-003","tapeNumber":272,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-272-003","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 272-003\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 1:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\nRequest for a call to George P. Shultz","filename":["272-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:07","tapeEnd":"00:10:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"272-002","nextCode":"272-004","transcript":[{"start":4.23,"end":8.22,"text":"You've got a shot, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz. The conversation consists solely of the President's instructions to connect him with Shultz, then serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No further policy discussions or significant decisions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Communication","Administrative operations","George P. Shultz","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:36:12.681Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","administrative-operations","george-p-shultz","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"272-003.mp3","bytes":343562,"durationSec":8.45,"bitrate":325418,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/272-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/272-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/272/conversation-272-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}