{"conversationCode":"008-004","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-004","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 008-004 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. 8-4\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 with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1P]\n\n     Request for call to Bernard J. (\"Bunny\") Lasker","filename":["008-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:19","tapeEnd":"00:01:26","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-003","nextCode":"008-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.09,"text":"This is Holloman."},{"start":3.11,"end":6.43,"text":"Would you get Bunny Lasker at the New York Stock Exchange, please, for me?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Bernard J. (\"Bunny\") Lasker at the New York Stock Exchange. The brief exchange served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate direct communication between the White House Chief of Staff and the prominent financier. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Bernard J. Lasker","New York Stock Exchange","H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:39:20.128Z"},"topicSlugs":["bernard-j-lasker","new-york-stock-exchange","h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-004.mp3","bytes":172407,"durationSec":7.11,"bitrate":194084,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}