{"conversationCode":"008-082","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-082","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T21:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T22:01:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:12 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On September 9, 1971, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 6:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-082 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. 8-82\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:12 pm and 6:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 568-12D]\n\n     Request for call to George P. Shultz\n\n     Haldeman talked with Shultz\n\n     Shultz's meeting\n          -Haldeman's return call","filename":["008-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:31","tapeEnd":"02:57:53","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-081","nextCode":"008-083","transcript":[{"start":1.8,"end":3,"text":"This is Haldeman."},{"start":3.21,"end":4.81,"text":"Could I have George Schultz, please?"},{"start":4.83,"end":11.86,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.88,"end":13.19,"text":"This is Bob Haldeman."},{"start":13.21,"end":13.53,"text":"Is he there?"},{"start":13.91,"end":15.21,"text":"Yes, he has some people with him."},{"start":15.35,"end":15.83,"text":"One moment."},{"start":16.23,"end":16.97,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":17,"end":17.39,"text":"I'll call him back."},{"start":17.41,"end":18.84,"text":"Would you like us to return the call, sir?"},{"start":18.98,"end":20.1,"text":"No, I'll call him back."},{"start":20.12,"end":20.62,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman initiated a telephone call to George P. Shultz via the White House operator to discuss ongoing matters. Upon learning that Shultz was currently occupied with a meeting, Haldeman decided to cancel the request and place a follow-up call at a later time. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","George P. Shultz","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:20.616Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","george-p-shultz","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-082.mp3","bytes":527254,"durationSec":21.91,"bitrate":192489,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}