{"conversationCode":"008-066","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":66,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-066","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:33:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:33 PM","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 1:20 pm and 1:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-066 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. 8-66\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between l:20 pm and 1:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-2]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-066.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:23:36","tapeEnd":"02:23:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-065","nextCode":"008-067","transcript":[{"start":4.82,"end":5.63,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":5.65,"end":10.36,"text":"Yes, Mr. Rogers."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the White House operator to connect with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a logistical administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Colson. No further substantive policy matters or tactical discussions are recorded during this brief operator-assisted connection.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:44:52.233Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-066.mp3","bytes":249520,"durationSec":10.32,"bitrate":193347,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-066.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-066","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-066","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}