{"conversationCode":"035-008","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-26T23:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-26T23:47:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:17 PM","endDate":"26-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-8\n\nDate: December 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to George E. Allen\n            -Washington Redskins","filename":["035-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-007","nextCode":"035-009","transcript":[{"start":3.91,"end":4.8,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.82,"end":7.87,"text":"You try Mr. George Allen and the Washington Redskins, please."},{"start":7.91,"end":9.92,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to George Allen, the head coach of the Washington Redskins. This brief interaction served solely to facilitate communication between the President and the coach. No further business or political discussions were conducted during this exchange.","topics":["George Allen","Washington Redskins","White House operator","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:41:20.522Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-allen","washington-redskins","white-house-operator","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-008.mp3","bytes":391194,"durationSec":16.15,"bitrate":193820,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}