{"conversationCode":"008-074","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-074","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 008-074 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. 8-74\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. 278-15]\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan\n\n     Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["008-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:12","tapeEnd":"02:42:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-073","nextCode":"008-075","transcript":[{"start":4.28,"end":13.77,"text":"Could you get Mr. Price?"},{"start":13.91,"end":16.94,"text":"I'm trying to get him for you, sir."},{"start":16.96,"end":17.06,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.08,"end":18.18,"text":"Get Buchanan, please."},{"start":18.28,"end":19.52,"text":"Surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place outgoing calls to two of his key speechwriters and advisors, Patrick J. Buchanan and Raymond K. Price, Jr. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to subsequent substantive discussions with these staffers. No policy matters or further details were addressed during this brief connection.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:45:36.879Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-074.mp3","bytes":497161,"durationSec":20.64,"bitrate":192727,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}