{"conversationCode":"278-008","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-008","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:39 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 278-8\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:39 pm and 1:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-68]","filename":["278-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:22","tapeEnd":"00:10:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-007","nextCode":"278-009","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":3.88,"text":"Sit, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. The interaction is purely administrative, serving as the logistical precursor to a subsequent, substantive call. No policy matters or significant decisions are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential scheduling","administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:55:39.089Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-008.mp3","bytes":297587,"durationSec":7.31,"bitrate":325621,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}