{"conversationCode":"008-005","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-005","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":"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 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-005 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. 8-5\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-4/565-1W]\n\n     Request for call to John B. Connally","filename":["008-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:26","tapeEnd":"00:01:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-004","nextCode":"008-006","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":2.13,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":2.43,"end":3.66,"text":"Connolly, please."},{"start":3.78,"end":4.62,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his key economic advisor. No substantive policy matters are discussed beyond the establishment of the connection.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Economic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:39:25.464Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","economic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-005.mp3","bytes":124759,"durationSec":5.13,"bitrate":194730,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}