{"conversationCode":"008-026","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-026","startDateTime":"1971-08-17T20:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-17T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1971","startTime":"4:12 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1971","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-026 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. 8-26\n\nDate: August 17, 1971\nTime: 4:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 566-18A]\n\n     Request for call to John B. Connally","filename":["008-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:08","tapeEnd":"00:44:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-025","nextCode":"008-027","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":5.44,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":5.48,"end":6.65,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. This administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Treasury Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Executive communication","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:41:17.912Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","executive-communication","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-026.mp3","bytes":174915,"durationSec":7.22,"bitrate":193767,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}