{"conversationCode":"283-008","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-008","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T12:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T12:05:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:05 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-008 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. 283-008\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 8:05 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-61]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["283-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:29","tapeEnd":"00:19:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"283-007","nextCode":"283-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.53,"text":"Ja."},{"start":4.55,"end":7.56,"text":"Ja."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate a connection for an outgoing telephone call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions are recorded during this brief administrative interaction. The exchange serves solely as a functional step in managing the President's telephonic accessibility.","topics":["White House communications","telephony","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:20:23.464Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephony","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-008.mp3","bytes":307007,"durationSec":7.55,"bitrate":325456,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.876Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}