{"conversationCode":"008-085","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-085","startDateTime":"1971-09-11T16:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-11T16:53:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:53 PM","endDate":"11-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-085 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. 8-85\n\nDate: September 11, 1971\nTime: 12:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for Paul W. McCracken to come to the Oval Office","filename":["008-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:21:42","tapeEnd":"03:21:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-084","nextCode":"008-086","transcript":[{"start":6.55,"end":7.36,"text":"Be glad to."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to request the immediate attendance of Paul W. McCracken, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, at the Oval Office. This brief communication served to facilitate an urgent meeting between the President and his senior economic advisor. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Paul W. McCracken","Economic policy","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:36.680Z"},"topicSlugs":["paul-w-mccracken","economic-policy","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-085.mp3","bytes":191842,"durationSec":7.93,"bitrate":193466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/008/conversation-008-085","catalogNaId":645078841,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/645078841","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}