{"conversationCode":"007-008","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-008","startDateTime":"1971-07-27T17:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-27T17:14:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jul-1971","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"27-Jul-1971","endTime":"1:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 7-8\n\nDate: July 27, 1971\nTime: 1:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 547-11B]\n\n     Marlow W. Cook's location","filename":["007-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:09","tapeEnd":"00:17:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-007","nextCode":"007-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.67,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.75,"end":5.22,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Marlo Cook is at lunch and expected about 2.30."},{"start":5.28,"end":8.59,"text":"Could I have him call you?"},{"start":8.61,"end":9.21,"text":"Uh, let's see."},{"start":9.31,"end":14.27,"text":"Where will I be at 2.30?"},{"start":14.29,"end":14.94,"text":"Yeah, he can call me."},{"start":14.96,"end":15.36,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":15.38,"end":16.44,"text":"I'll leave words."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a call with Senator Marlow W. Cook. After confirming the Senator's availability following his lunch, Nixon instructed the operator to have Cook reach out to him later that afternoon. This brief administrative exchange served to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator.","topics":["Marlow W. Cook","Presidential communications","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:24:48.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["marlow-w-cook","presidential-communications","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-008.mp3","bytes":398732,"durationSec":16.54,"bitrate":192902,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.472Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}