{"conversationCode":"008-021","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-021","startDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-17T01:40:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:39 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:40 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 from 9:39 pm to 9:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-021 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. 8-21\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: 9:39 pm - 9:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to William L. Safire","filename":["008-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:30","tapeEnd":"00:33:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-020","nextCode":"008-022","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":5.67,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:40:50.508Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-021.mp3","bytes":194350,"durationSec":8.03,"bitrate":193674,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}