{"conversationCode":"008-030","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-030","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T12:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T14:49:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"8:18 AM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 10:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-030 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. 8-30\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:18 am and 10:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to John B. Connally","filename":["008-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:40","tapeEnd":"01:00:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-029","nextCode":"008-031","transcript":[{"start":4.87,"end":9.16,"text":"Dr. Connolly, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his chief economic advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House communications","Executive scheduling","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:41:38.668Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-communications","executive-scheduling","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-030.mp3","bytes":230712,"durationSec":9.56,"bitrate":193069,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}