{"conversationCode":"008-118","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-118","startDateTime":"1971-09-13T23:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-13T23:54:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:54 PM","endDate":"13-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-118 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. 8-118\n\nDate: September 13, 1971\nTime: 7:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["008-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:32:35","tapeEnd":"05:32:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-117","nextCode":"008-119","transcript":[{"start":2.26,"end":2.79,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.81,"end":3.72,"text":"The Holloman, please."},{"start":3.74,"end":4.27,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served solely as a logistical request to initiate a high-level communication. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:49:33.319Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-118.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.21,"bitrate":193905,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}