{"conversationCode":"008-002","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-002","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T17:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T17:18:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:08 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 8-2\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1O]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:07","tapeEnd":"00:01:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-001","nextCode":"008-003","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":4.68,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.7,"end":6.03,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical administrative step to facilitate direct communication with his special counsel. No substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:39:09.468Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-002.mp3","bytes":151091,"durationSec":6.22,"bitrate":194342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.472Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}