{"conversationCode":"008-050","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-050","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:03:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:47 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:03 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 1:47 pm and 3:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-050 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. 8-50\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 274-37]","filename":["008-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:14","tapeEnd":"01:41:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-049","nextCode":"008-051","transcript":[{"start":3.07,"end":4.75,"text":"It's Ray Price, please."},{"start":4.77,"end":5.28,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to speechwriter and aide Raymond K. Price, Jr. This administrative call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a subsequent discussion between the two men. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short contact.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:43:25.385Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-050.mp3","bytes":171780,"durationSec":7.08,"bitrate":194007,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}