{"conversationCode":"008-003","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-003","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T17:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T17:20:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On August 16, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-003 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. 8-3\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1V]\n\n     Cancellation of call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:14","tapeEnd":"00:01:19","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-002","nextCode":"008-004","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.69,"text":"Cancel that, he's here."},{"start":3.73,"end":4.76,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator to manage his incoming communications. He instructs the operator to cancel a pending call to Charles W. Colson because the staffer has arrived in person. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Charles W. Colson","White House communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:39:14.727Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-003.mp3","bytes":126013,"durationSec":5.19,"bitrate":194070,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}