{"conversationCode":"008-088","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-088","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-088 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. 8-88\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: 4:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-23]\n\n     Request for call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["008-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:32","tapeEnd":"03:58:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-087","nextCode":"008-089","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":3.41,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.43,"end":5.34,"text":"Would you try Mr. Ehrlichman, please?"},{"start":5.42,"end":5.86,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.92,"end":8.3,"text":"Don't get him out of a social function or anything."},{"start":8.38,"end":9.48,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a call to John D. Ehrlichman. He explicitly instructed the operator to avoid interrupting Ehrlichman if he was currently attending a social event. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative request to facilitate a consultation between the President and his top advisor.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:52.636Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-088.mp3","bytes":265821,"durationSec":11.01,"bitrate":193078,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}