{"conversationCode":"309-002","tapeNumber":309,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-309-002","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:37 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-002 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. 309-2\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 1:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-4]\n\n     Request for a call to George P. Shultz","filename":["309-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:31:27","tapeEnd":"01:31:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"309-001","nextCode":"309-003","transcript":[{"start":8.55,"end":10.66,"text":"George Shultzman."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz. The interaction serves as a functional communication bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this exchange.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operations","Presidential communication","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:22:21.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"309-002.mp3","bytes":460587,"durationSec":11.38,"bitrate":323683,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/309-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/309/conversation-309-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}