{"conversationCode":"557-004","tapeNumber":557,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-557-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:02 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 557-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 557-4\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: 12:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 7-77]\n\n     Request for a call to George P. Shultz","filename":["557-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:08:52","tapeEnd":"03:09:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"557-003","nextCode":"557-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator to be connected with George P. Shultz. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["George P. Shultz","White House operator","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:40:53.393Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","white-house-operator","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"557-004.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":8.07,"bitrate":324892,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/557-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/557-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/557/conversation-557-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}