{"conversationCode":"008-062","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-062","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T14:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T15:01:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 11:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-062 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. 8-62\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 am and 11:01 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["008-062.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:45","tapeEnd":"02:02:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-061","nextCode":"008-063","transcript":[{"start":3.59,"end":5.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary bridge to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for a call transfer.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House administration","Telephone communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:44:30.408Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","telephone-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-062.mp3","bytes":163630,"durationSec":6.76,"bitrate":193640,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-062.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}