{"conversationCode":"287-020","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-020","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T20:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T20:35:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"4:33 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.;","description":"On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:33 pm to 4:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-020 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. 287-20\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: 4:33 pm - 4:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with George P. Shultz.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-42]","filename":["287-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:33","tapeEnd":"01:43:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"287-019","nextCode":"287-021","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":4.7,"text":"Well, whenever you're ready, George, I can go over that stuff with you."},{"start":4.71,"end":12.16,"text":"If you're any time soon, give me five."},{"start":12.22,"end":12.48,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14.24,"end":15.09,"text":"Yeah, that's fine."},{"start":15.16,"end":19.29,"text":"The only thing I was going to say is that I would prefer to concentrate, however, on things that might come up in this conference tomorrow."},{"start":19.31,"end":23.69,"text":"I don't want to go into any long-range plans at this point."},{"start":27.56,"end":28.2,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no."},{"start":28.22,"end":29.39,"text":"I'm not in trouble about that."},{"start":29.41,"end":32.75,"text":"I mean, when I meet, when I do my press meeting tomorrow."},{"start":33.95,"end":35.41,"text":"That's what I'm trying to think about now."},{"start":35.57,"end":38.21,"text":"I don't want to get into long-range problems now."},{"start":38.23,"end":38.85,"text":"I prefer not to."},{"start":38.99,"end":42.91,"text":"I'm not sure of that sort of thing, of course."},{"start":43.5,"end":44,"text":"That's what I meant."},{"start":44.08,"end":51,"text":"I just thought, I just meant, let's concentrate on the end before tomorrow."},{"start":51.02,"end":51.14,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and George Shultz briefly coordinated their priorities ahead of an upcoming press conference. Nixon expressed a desire to focus strictly on immediate, relevant issues for the briefing rather than engaging in long-range strategic planning. The two agreed to limit the scope of their upcoming discussion to ensure the President was adequately prepared for the next day's public appearance.","topics":["Press conference preparation","Public relations","Executive communication","Strategic planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:33:02.953Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-conference-preparation","public-relations","executive-communication","strategic-planning"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-020.mp3","bytes":2058240,"durationSec":51.32,"bitrate":320820,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}