{"conversationCode":"701-008","tapeNumber":701,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-701-008","startDateTime":"1972-04-04T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-04T15:46:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:45 AM","endDate":"4-Apr-1972","endTime":"10:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.;","description":"On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 10:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 701-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 701-8\n\nDate: April 4, 1972\nTime: 10:45 am - 10:46 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with George P. Shultz.\n\n     [See Conversation no. 22-75]","filename":["701-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:27","tapeEnd":"02:13:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Shultz, George P."],"prevCode":"701-007","nextCode":"701-009","transcript":[{"start":1.82,"end":2.26,"text":"though."},{"start":3.44,"end":7.37,"text":"Oh, I guess I'd like you to be interested to hear."},{"start":7.39,"end":13.83,"text":"I just had my talk, and it was all before taking off in Chicago."},{"start":13.87,"end":18.85,"text":"And that I was just, again, enormously impressed with him."},{"start":18.89,"end":22.54,"text":"He's so decent, soft-spoken, and well-spoken, and yet strong."},{"start":23.98,"end":29.98,"text":"And at the end of the conversation, I came to him and said, you know, we're really convinced that you're taking this job."},{"start":30,"end":30.24,"text":"He says, well,"},{"start":35.91,"end":43.61,"text":"But let me say that it was good that you found him because I think this guy's going to be superb over there."},{"start":43.75,"end":45.29,"text":"Pretty superb."},{"start":45.31,"end":50.41,"text":"Well, he's just going to be going on the business."},{"start":52.29,"end":55.01,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":55.03,"end":55.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":55.39,"end":55.63,"text":"Right."},{"start":55.65,"end":55.85,"text":"Right."},{"start":55.87,"end":56.17,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":56.27,"end":56.77,"text":"That's well."},{"start":57.29,"end":64.17,"text":"We're sending special letters over to private letters."},{"start":65.22,"end":65.52,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and George Shultz discuss the successful recruitment of an unnamed individual for a significant government appointment. Nixon expresses high personal regard for the candidate's character and leadership potential, describing him as both soft-spoken and strong. The brief exchange concludes with confirmation that the administration is facilitating the hiring process through the delivery of private correspondence.","topics":["Personnel appointments","Executive recruitment","Administration staffing","Government service"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:53:16.487Z"},"topicSlugs":["personnel-appointments","executive-recruitment","administration-staffing","government-service"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"701-008.mp3","bytes":2642334,"durationSec":65.93,"bitrate":320614,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/701-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/701-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/701/conversation-701-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}