{"conversationCode":"008-052","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-052","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-052 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. 8-52\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\n\nTime: 3:05 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. 274-39]","filename":["008-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:42:15","tapeEnd":"01:42:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-051","nextCode":"008-053","transcript":[{"start":4.18,"end":6.93,"text":"Mr. Price, please."},{"start":7.31,"end":8.72,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. The purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Price for administrative or advisory coordination. No further substance is captured in this recording segment, which functions solely as a connection request.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communications","Speechwriting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:43:36.355Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","speechwriting"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-052.mp3","bytes":230712,"durationSec":9.55,"bitrate":193302,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}