{"conversationCode":"008-083","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-083","startDateTime":"1971-09-10T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-10T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"10-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-083 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. 8-83\n\nDate: September 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 276-5]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:53","tapeEnd":"02:58:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-082","nextCode":"008-084","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":7.38,"text":"Would you get me Mr. Colson, please?"},{"start":7.56,"end":7.98,"text":"Yes, Mr."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to request a connection with Charles W. Colson. This administrative exchange serves as the logistical precursor for an upcoming consultation between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:25.759Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-083.mp3","bytes":256417,"durationSec":10.61,"bitrate":193310,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}