{"conversationCode":"008-089","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-089","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 008-089 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. 8-89\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: 4:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-24]\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's location","filename":["008-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:42","tapeEnd":"03:58:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-088","nextCode":"008-090","transcript":[{"start":1.33,"end":1.79,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.81,"end":3.89,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman went to the store, Mr. President."},{"start":3.91,"end":5.26,"text":"May I have him call when he comes in?"},{"start":5.42,"end":6.46,"text":"Yeah, if it's convenient."},{"start":6.61,"end":6.99,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of John D. Ehrlichman. Upon learning that Ehrlichman had briefly left the premises, the President requested that Ehrlichman return his call upon his return. This brief exchange served as a routine attempt to establish communication with a key domestic policy advisor.","topics":["John Ehrlichman","Internal communication","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:46:57.676Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-ehrlichman","internal-communication","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-089.mp3","bytes":243251,"durationSec":10.06,"bitrate":193444,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}