{"conversationCode":"008-101","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-101","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:33:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:33 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 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-101 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. 8-101\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-31]\n\n     Julie Nixon Eisenhower's location\n           -Ship\n           -Message\n                 -Viewing of American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] program on Thelma C.\n                      (“Pat”) Nixon\n                      -Time","filename":["008-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:43:11","tapeEnd":"04:43:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-100","nextCode":"008-102","transcript":[{"start":1.4,"end":2.72,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.2,"end":5.96,"text":"Julie was aboard a ship, sir, expected at 8.30."},{"start":6.17,"end":7.31,"text":"Should I ask her to call you?"},{"start":9.43,"end":10.31,"text":"She's aboard a ship."},{"start":10.85,"end":11.61,"text":"I see."},{"start":11.63,"end":12.94,"text":"She's probably the Albany."},{"start":20.43,"end":24.99,"text":"Would you see if you could just get a message to her on the ship?"},{"start":25.05,"end":26.08,"text":"I'm sure they have television."},{"start":26.68,"end":30.12,"text":"To be sure and see the ABC program on her mother."},{"start":30.56,"end":33.54,"text":"It's a documentary at 7 o'clock tonight, ABC."},{"start":34.24,"end":34.97,"text":"Yes, I will, sir."},{"start":35.07,"end":35.69,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to contact his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, who was currently aboard the USS Albany. He requested that she be informed of an upcoming ABC documentary airing that evening regarding First Lady Pat Nixon. The President sought to ensure that Julie would be aware of the program and able to view it while at sea.","topics":["Julie Nixon Eisenhower","Pat Nixon","ABC documentary","White House communications","USS Albany"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:48:02.085Z"},"topicSlugs":["julie-nixon-eisenhower","pat-nixon","abc-documentary","white-house-communications","uss-albany"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-101.mp3","bytes":903417,"durationSec":37.57,"bitrate":192367,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}