{"conversationCode":"287-019","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-019","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:49 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 11, 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 2:49 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-019 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. 287-19\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:49 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-41]\n\n     Request for a call to George P. Shultz","filename":["287-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:18","tapeEnd":"01:41:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"287-018","nextCode":"287-020","transcript":[{"start":2.57,"end":3.98,"text":"Wait, can you?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz. The brief interaction serves primarily as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No policy discussions occur during this exchange.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Communication","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:32:57.122Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","communication","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-019.mp3","bytes":195187,"durationSec":4.74,"bitrate":329346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}