{"conversationCode":"008-092","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":92,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-092","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:37 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:37 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 4:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-092 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. 8-92\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: 4:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis’ location\n     Lewis’ return call\n\n     Robert H. Finch on the line","filename":["008-092.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:12","tapeEnd":"03:59:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-091","nextCode":"008-093","transcript":[{"start":1.28,"end":2.28,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.4,"end":7.19,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Hobart Lewis is en route to the airport to come to Washington."},{"start":7.23,"end":8.89,"text":"We'll be here around 6 o'clock."},{"start":9.27,"end":9.81,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":9.84,"end":11.7,"text":"I can reach him later for you if you like."},{"start":12.16,"end":14.24,"text":"Yes, he can just call me back when it's convenient."},{"start":14.26,"end":16.09,"text":"All right, and here's Mr. Finch for you."},{"start":16.17,"end":16.49,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"The White House operator updates the President on the travel status of Hobart D. Lewis, who is expected to arrive in Washington by 6:00 p.m. Nixon requests that Lewis contact him upon his arrival to facilitate a discussion. Following this update, the operator transitions the call to Robert H. Finch to speak with the President.","topics":["Scheduling","Hobart D. Lewis","Robert H. Finch","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:47:13.930Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","hobart-d-lewis","robert-h-finch","communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-092.mp3","bytes":396851,"durationSec":16.48,"bitrate":192640,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-092.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-092","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-092","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}