{"conversationCode":"008-027","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-027","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 008-027 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. 8-27\n\nDate: August 17, 1971\nTime: 4:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 566-18B]\n\n     Requested for John B. Connally's location\n         -Roosevelt Room","filename":["008-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:15","tapeEnd":"00:44:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-026","nextCode":"008-028","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.42,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.78,"end":4.41,"text":"Mr. President, Secretary Connolly is in a meeting in the Roosevelt Room."},{"start":4.43,"end":6.21,"text":"Shall I get him there?"},{"start":6.23,"end":7.24,"text":"Oh, no, no, no."},{"start":7.28,"end":7.34,"text":"No?"},{"start":7.36,"end":9.57,"text":"Leave him there when he's free?"},{"start":9.59,"end":10.09,"text":"No, I'll call him back."},{"start":10.11,"end":12.02,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. Upon learning that Connally was currently occupied in a meeting in the Roosevelt Room, Nixon decided against interrupting him. The President opted to defer the contact and place a return call later instead.","topics":["John B. Connally","Scheduling","White House operations","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:41:23.056Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","scheduling","white-house-operations","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-027.mp3","bytes":300302,"durationSec":12.45,"bitrate":192954,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}