{"conversationCode":"008-086","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-086","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T19:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T19:51:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:44 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-086 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. 8-86\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-21]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["008-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:21:51","tapeEnd":"03:22:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-085","nextCode":"008-087","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":7.79,"text":"Would you try, Mr. Coulson, don't get him out of a social event, but if he's at home, I'll..."},{"start":7.81,"end":8.85,"text":"He's on page boy."},{"start":8.91,"end":10.35,"text":"I can get him on page boy."},{"start":10.45,"end":11.47,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to contact special counsel Charles W. Colson. The President provides specific instructions to avoid interrupting Colson if he is attending a social event, while authorizing the use of a pager if he is at home. This brief exchange serves as the logistical coordination required to establish urgent communication with a key staff member.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:41.890Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-086.mp3","bytes":304691,"durationSec":12.62,"bitrate":193093,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}