{"conversationCode":"008-041","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-041","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 008-041 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. 8-41\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. 275-30]\n\n     Request for call to John B. Connally\n\n     Operator's attempt to locate Barry M. Goldwater","filename":["008-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:28:18","tapeEnd":"01:28:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-040","nextCode":"008-042","transcript":[{"start":4.32,"end":5.76,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":5.9,"end":6.32,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.62,"end":8.51,"text":"Mr. President, you want the senator, don't you?"},{"start":8.53,"end":9.03,"text":"Go water."},{"start":9.05,"end":9.49,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":9.51,"end":10.17,"text":"Yeah, all right."},{"start":10.35,"end":12.48,"text":"I don't know whether he's back, though, from California."},{"start":12.72,"end":13.98,"text":"Yeah, I'll try to locate him."},{"start":14,"end":14.42,"text":"Either one."},{"start":15.1,"end":16.46,"text":"I'll take Secretary Connolly first."},{"start":16.49,"end":17.17,"text":"Yes, thank you."},{"start":17.19,"end":17.99,"text":"He's here soon."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place calls to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally and Senator Barry M. Goldwater. The operator confirms the request and initiates the process of locating both individuals. Nixon prioritizes the connection to Secretary Connally over the Senator.","topics":["John B. Connally","Barry M. Goldwater","White House communications","Executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:42:36.837Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","barry-goldwater","white-house-communications","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-041.mp3","bytes":447633,"durationSec":18.59,"bitrate":192637,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/008/conversation-008-041","catalogNaId":645078753,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/645078753","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}