{"conversationCode":"008-037","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-037","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:32:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:32 PM","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 5:20 pm and 5:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-037 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. 8-37\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 5:32 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 275-24]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:10","tapeEnd":"01:16:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-036","nextCode":"008-038","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":4.06,"text":"Carlson, please."},{"start":4.08,"end":4.79,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a brief logistical communication to facilitate further discussion between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:42:16.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-037.mp3","bytes":151718,"durationSec":6.27,"bitrate":193713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}