{"conversationCode":"008-047","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-047","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T13:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T17:27:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:40 AM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-047 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. 8-47\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 274-31]\n\n     Request for Raymond K. Price to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] office\n\n     Request for call to Price","filename":["008-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:39:41","tapeEnd":"01:39:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-046","nextCode":"008-048","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.12,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.16,"end":4.71,"text":"Could you ask Mr. Price to come to the EOB, please?"},{"start":5.01,"end":5.89,"text":"Mr. Raymond Price?"},{"start":5.93,"end":6.97,"text":"Yes, get him on the phone, please."},{"start":7,"end":7.58,"text":"Sure, he will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate communication with his speechwriter, Raymond K. Price. The President requested that Price report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. The operator confirmed the request and initiated the process to locate and connect Price.","topics":["Raymond K. Price","Executive Office Building","Presidential scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:43:09.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price","executive-office-building","presidential-scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-047.mp3","bytes":421928,"durationSec":17.51,"bitrate":192804,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}