{"conversationCode":"008-017","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-017","startDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:28:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:28 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 9:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-017 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. 8-17\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: 9:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to John K. Andrews, Jr.\n         -Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["008-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:28","tapeEnd":"00:29:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-016","nextCode":"008-018","transcript":[{"start":6.7,"end":9.35,"text":"Mr. Andrews and Ray Pryor's office, please."},{"start":9.37,"end":9.57,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to John K. Andrews, Jr. and Raymond K. Price, Jr. This communication was intended to facilitate direct contact with members of his speechwriting staff. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for administrative assistance.","topics":["White House operations","John K. Andrews, Jr.","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","Speechwriters","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:40:29.442Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","john-k-andrews-jr","raymond-k-price-jr","speechwriters","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-017.mp3","bytes":267701,"durationSec":11.09,"bitrate":193083,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}