{"conversationCode":"318-005","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-005","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-5\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with George P. Shultz.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-116]","filename":["318-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:30","tapeEnd":"00:52:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"318-004","nextCode":"318-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.78,"end":12.73,"text":"George, are you free at the moment?"},{"start":12.75,"end":13.35,"text":"Would you drop over to the OB?"},{"start":13.37,"end":13.81,"text":"I want to talk to you."},{"start":13.84,"end":15.46,"text":"I've got to see Belcher in two minutes, but I want to talk to you in two minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted George P. Shultz to request an immediate, brief meeting at the Old Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of the call was to coordinate a discussion between the two men regarding an unspecified matter. Nixon indicated that he had a prior commitment with Page Belcher but intended to consult with Shultz directly afterward.","topics":["White House scheduling","Executive communication","George P. Shultz","Administration coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:46:24.600Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","executive-communication","george-p-shultz","administration-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-005.mp3","bytes":627791,"durationSec":15.55,"bitrate":322926,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.567Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}