{"conversationCode":"008-091","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":91,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-091","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:35 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:37 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 4:35 pm and 4:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-091 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. 8-91\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:35 pm and 4:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["008-091.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:04","tapeEnd":"03:59:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-090","nextCode":"008-092","transcript":[{"start":3,"end":4.63,"text":"Mr. Finch, please."},{"start":4.91,"end":5.2,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Robert H. Finch. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his counselor. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this short transition.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:47:08.737Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-091.mp3","bytes":207515,"durationSec":8.58,"bitrate":193561,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-091.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-091","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-091","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}