{"conversationCode":"008-039","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-039","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:50:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:49 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-039 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. 8-39\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: 5:49 pm - 5:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 275-28]\n\n     Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n     The President talked with Mrs. Nixon\n\n[See Conversation No. 275-28]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 31s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["008-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:21","tapeEnd":"01:28:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-038","nextCode":"008-040","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":3.53,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":3.71,"end":4.3,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his wife. The conversation concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House communications","First Lady","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:42:26.281Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-communications","first-lady","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-039.mp3","bytes":1178017,"durationSec":49.03,"bitrate":192207,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}