{"conversationCode":"008-097","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-097","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:08:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:02 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:08 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 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-097 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. 8-97\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods","filename":["008-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:21:23","tapeEnd":"04:21:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-096","nextCode":"008-098","transcript":[{"start":3.61,"end":4.07,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.11,"end":6.36,"text":"You try Miss Woods in California, please."},{"start":6.38,"end":7,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a long-distance telephone call. He requested to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, who was in California at the time. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to facilitate communication with a key staff member.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Logistics","Telephone communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:47:40.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","logistics","telephone-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-097.mp3","bytes":189961,"durationSec":7.84,"bitrate":193878,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}