{"conversationCode":"008-073","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-073","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:11:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:11 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 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-073 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. 8-73\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-14]\n\n     Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["008-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:04","tapeEnd":"02:42:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-072","nextCode":"008-074","transcript":[{"start":2.88,"end":3.94,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.96,"end":4.59,"text":"Mr. Ray Price?"},{"start":4.95,"end":5.82,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to his speechwriter, Raymond K. Price, Jr., through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a brief administrative request to establish contact with Price. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House communications","administrative request","speechwriting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:45:31.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","administrative-request","speechwriting"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-073.mp3","bytes":198738,"durationSec":8.21,"bitrate":193683,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}