{"conversationCode":"087-008","tapeNumber":87,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-087-008","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-20T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:44 PM","endDate":"20-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Farrell, Michael J.; Parker, David N.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"Michael J. Farrell, David N. Parker, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 087-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CAB","recordingDevice":"Cabinet Room","latitudeEstimated":38.8975,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"Cabinet","chronRelease":"Cabinet Room Release","chronReleaseDate":"16-Oct-1997","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 87-8\n\nDate: Unknown between January 3 and January 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:44 pm, January 3 and 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972\nLocation: Cabinet Room\n\nMichael J. Farrell met with unknown people\n\n     Cabinet Room\n          -Seating arrangement\n                -President\n                -Vice President\n                -Secretaries\n\n     White House Rose Garden\n          -Wedding\n                -Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox\n          -President’s use\n\n     Cabinet Room\n          -Decor\n          -Secretaries\n          -Telephones\n\nFarrell left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972\n\n          -The Secretary of the Treasury\n                -John B. Connally\n          -Farrell\n          -Unknown Individual\n                -Ambassador\n                -Europe\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nAn unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:44 pm, January 3, 1972\n\n     Identification\n           -Farrell\n                 -Schedule\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Non-historical]\n[Duration: 3m 33s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nDavid N. Parker entered at an unknown time after 4:44 pm, January 3, 1972\n\n     Introductions\n\n     The President’s office\n\nParker left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972; the unknown people left at an\nunknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972.","filename":["087a.mp3","087b.mp3","087c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Farrell, Michael J.","Parker, David N.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"087-007","nextCode":"087-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"087a.mp3,087b.mp3,087c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5733.62,"end":5734.66,"text":"Can I see some identification?"},{"start":5734.68,"end":5735.24,"text":"Oh, Mr. Farrell."},{"start":5735.28,"end":5735.52,"text":"Farrell?"},{"start":5735.54,"end":5736.78,"text":"Yeah, he's right out here, I think."},{"start":5736.8,"end":5737.78,"text":"Yes, he's from the Navy, isn't he?"},{"start":5737.88,"end":5738.3,"text":"I've heard of him."},{"start":5738.32,"end":5738.76,"text":"I've heard of him."},{"start":5738.82,"end":5739.26,"text":"I've heard of him."},{"start":5739.28,"end":5740.31,"text":"No, well, we've been in here for a few minutes."},{"start":5740.32,"end":5741.85,"text":"He was in here with us and went out to say something or something."},{"start":5741.97,"end":5742.33,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":5742.35,"end":5742.65,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":5742.67,"end":5742.95,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":5742.97,"end":5743.21,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":5769.55,"end":5770.11,"text":"Thank you for watching."},{"start":5777.02,"end":5777.44,"text":"No, this is fine."},{"start":5777.46,"end":5777.5,"text":"No!"},{"start":6044.8,"end":6056.57,"text":"Uh, congrats, uh, I don't know what we should say today, but we should call it the day of the motion, so maybe you can take it one more time."},{"start":6056.61,"end":6058.06,"text":"I thought I'd have a visit."},{"start":6058.12,"end":6059.16,"text":"Well, I don't know what that is."},{"start":6059.18,"end":6061.36,"text":"I just got out of, I just got out of the Navy yesterday."},{"start":6061.42,"end":6062.24,"text":"Congratulations."},{"start":6062.3,"end":6062.76,"text":"Congratulations."},{"start":6062.78,"end":6063.64,"text":"We're moving to Boston."},{"start":6063.66,"end":6064.46,"text":"We'll go home right here."},{"start":6064.48,"end":6070.47,"text":"Did you take a look at the president's office yesterday?"},{"start":6070.61,"end":6072.27,"text":"No, I didn't."},{"start":6073.97,"end":6074.87,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":6074.93,"end":6075.67,"text":"Have a good trip."},{"start":6075.77,"end":6076.53,"text":"I had no idea."},{"start":6104.21,"end":6105.01,"text":"It's 3 o'clock."},{"start":6105.05,"end":6105.57,"text":"It's 3 o'clock."},{"start":6105.79,"end":6106.21,"text":"It's 3 o'clock."},{"start":6202.36,"end":6202.72,"text":"Storbritannia"},{"start":6237.93,"end":6243.55,"text":"We thought it would be useful today that we get four kids."},{"start":6282.09,"end":6283.03,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":6299.69,"end":6302.36,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5733.62,"end":6302.36,"startMethod":"gemini","endMethod":"gemini"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["087a.mp3","087b.mp3","087c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["087a.mp3","087b.mp3","087c.mp3"],"cutStart":5733.62,"cutEnd":6302.36,"adjustedStart":5733.12,"adjustedEnd":6302.86,"boundaryMethod":"gemini","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-03-14T16:25:55.536Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"Michael J. Farrell and David N. Parker participated in an informal meeting in the Cabinet Room involving logistical coordination and personal introductions. The discussion touched upon the physical layout and decor of the Cabinet Room, as well as the administrative use of space within the White House complex. The encounter concluded with pleasantries regarding career transitions and travel arrangements.","topics":["Cabinet Room","White House logistics","Personnel administration","Facility management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:56:13.147Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-room","white-house-logistics","personnel-administration","facility-management"],"audioDurationSec":null,"audioFiles":[{"file":"087a.mp3","bytes":116254961,"durationSec":7265.93,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"087b.mp3","bytes":117006033,"durationSec":7312.88,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"087c.mp3","bytes":67574001,"durationSec":4223.37,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.704Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/087a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/087b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/087c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/087-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/87/conversation-087-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}