{"conversationCode":"008-020","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-020","startDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:40:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:38 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:40 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 9:38 pm and 9:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-020 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. 8-20\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:38 pm and 9:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Roman L. Hruska's location\n         -Helsinki, Finland","filename":["008-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:19","tapeEnd":"00:33:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-019","nextCode":"008-021","transcript":[{"start":5.51,"end":6.6,"text":"Oh, bye."},{"start":7.1,"end":10.02,"text":"Oh, that's, uh, let it go."},{"start":10.04,"end":10.24,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.26,"end":10.34,"text":"Bye."},{"start":10.36,"end":10.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication regarding the current location of Senator Roman L. Hruska. The inquiry sought to determine whether Hruska was reachable in Helsinki, Finland. Upon receiving the operator's response, Nixon decided to abandon the attempt to place the call.","topics":["Roman L. Hruska","White House communications","International travel","Senator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:40:45.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["roman-l-hruska","white-house-communications","international-travel","senator"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-020.mp3","bytes":290898,"durationSec":12.06,"bitrate":192981,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}