{"conversationCode":"278-056","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-056","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:15 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 16, 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 11:15 am and 11:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-056 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. 278-56\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:48 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-39]","filename":["278-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:52:55","tapeEnd":"02:53:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-055","nextCode":"278-057","transcript":[{"start":3.74,"end":3.96,"text":"Shultz."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with George Shultz, then serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The exchange serves as a brief administrative bridge to reach the cabinet member for policy discussions. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short operational recording.","topics":["George Shultz","White House operations","Administrative communications","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:00:05.278Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-shultz","white-house-operations","administrative-communications","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-056.mp3","bytes":289228,"durationSec":7.09,"bitrate":326127,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}