{"conversationCode":"320-008","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-008","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:23 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 1972, 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 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 320-8\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:23 am and 12:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-56]","filename":["320-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:20:54","tapeEnd":"00:21:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"320-007","nextCode":"320-009","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":17.86,"text":"I wonder if you could get me Mr. Walter Ryland."},{"start":17.88,"end":18.48,"text":"He's the father of Dr. Ryland."},{"start":18.5,"end":19.18,"text":"Yeah, he's in Brooklyn, Tennessee."},{"start":19.2,"end":20.14,"text":"He's in 11 Warwick Avenue, Scarsdale, New York."},{"start":20.16,"end":20.61,"text":"Dr. Mr. Walter Ryland."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Walter Ryland, the father of Dr. Ryland. The President provided the operator with Ryland’s specific address in Scarsdale, New York, to ensure the correct individual was reached. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Walter Ryland","Presidential communication","White House operations","Dr. Ryland"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:52:09.999Z"},"topicSlugs":["walter-ryland","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","dr-ryland"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-008.mp3","bytes":944379,"durationSec":23.48,"bitrate":321828,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.341Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}