{"conversationCode":"037-008","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-008","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T17:41:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-8\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 414-1B]\n\n       Richard M. Helms\n              -Availability","filename":["037-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-007","nextCode":"037-009","transcript":[{"start":0.94,"end":5.42,"text":"Mr. President, I find that Mr. Helms is out to lunch, sir, and I left work."},{"start":5.44,"end":5.7,"text":"No hurry."},{"start":6.11,"end":6.97,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Richard M. Helms via the White House operator to discuss his availability. Upon learning that Helms was out for lunch, the President indicated there was no immediate urgency to the matter. The call concluded without further action or contact.","topics":["Richard M. Helms","Presidential communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:09:07.849Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-helms","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-008.mp3","bytes":86016,"durationSec":13.56,"bitrate":50746,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}