{"conversationCode":"008-056","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-056","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T23:40:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:40 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 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-056 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. 8-56\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Nellie L. Yates\n\n     Yates’ location\n          -West Wing","filename":["008-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:46:56","tapeEnd":"01:47:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-055","nextCode":"008-057","transcript":[{"start":3.2,"end":9.89,"text":"Could you get me Miss Nell Yates, please, in the, I think she's over in the west wing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to his personal secretary, Nell Yates. He inquired about her specific location, noting his belief that she was currently situated in the West Wing. The interaction served as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication with a key staff member.","topics":["Nell Yates","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:43:58.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["nell-yates","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-056.mp3","bytes":304691,"durationSec":12.62,"bitrate":193094,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}