{"conversationCode":"008-040","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-040","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T21:56:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:56 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-040 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. 8-40\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 275-29]\n\n     Request for call to Barry M. Goldwater","filename":["008-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:28:10","tapeEnd":"01:28:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-039","nextCode":"008-041","transcript":[{"start":2.51,"end":3.77,"text":"Barry Goldrider?"},{"start":4.03,"end":4.74,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.76,"end":5.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Senator Barry Goldwater. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with the Senator. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Barry Goldwater","White House operator","Telecommunications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:42:31.438Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-goldwater","white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-040.mp3","bytes":188707,"durationSec":7.81,"bitrate":193321,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}