{"conversationCode":"008-043","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-043","startDateTime":"1971-09-07T23:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-07T23:06:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:06 PM","endDate":"7-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:06 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 at 7:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-043 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. 8-43\n\nDate: September 7, 1971\nTime: 7:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n         -Lincoln Sitting Room","filename":["008-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:16","tapeEnd":"01:33:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-042","nextCode":"008-044","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":8.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. The President requested that Price be located at his current position in the Lincoln Sitting Room for the purpose of a direct conversation. This brief administrative exchange served solely to bridge the communication link between the President and a member of his staff.","topics":["Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House communications","Lincoln Sitting Room","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:42:47.873Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","lincoln-sitting-room","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-043.mp3","bytes":215666,"durationSec":8.93,"bitrate":193286,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}