{"conversationCode":"039-008","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"5:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-8\n\nDate: May 24, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["039-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-007","nextCode":"039-009","transcript":[{"start":6.14,"end":8.37,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative exchange served solely to initiate the internal communication process between the President and his staff member. No further policy or political discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:43:07.548Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-008.mp3","bytes":499712,"durationSec":15.53,"bitrate":257362,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}