{"conversationCode":"008-068","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-068","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:39 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:48 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 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-068 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. 8-68\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-8]\n\n     Request for call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["008-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:29:27","tapeEnd":"02:29:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-067","nextCode":"008-069","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":3.58,"text":"It's a pinch, please."},{"start":3.74,"end":4.25,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Robert H. Finch. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical precursor to an intended high-level conversation between the President and his counselor. The primary action item is the successful placement of this call to facilitate further discussion.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:45:03.292Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-068.mp3","bytes":151091,"durationSec":6.23,"bitrate":193994,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}