{"conversationCode":"338-008","tapeNumber":338,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-338-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 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 11:12 am and 11:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-008 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. 338-8\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 and 11:16 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 24-39]","filename":["338-008-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:48","tapeEnd":"00:29:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"338-007","nextCode":"338-009","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The exchange serves as a standard administrative procedure for the President to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this short communication.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:58:22.309Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"338-008-splice.mp3","bytes":224808,"durationSec":14.05,"bitrate":127969,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:47.909Z","originalFilename":["338a.mp3","338b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["338a.mp3"],"cutStart":1765.44,"cutEnd":1779.5,"adjustedStart":1765.44,"adjustedEnd":1779.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:47.909Z"},"transcript":[{"start":1778.15,"end":1783.52,"text":"So, Mel, everything's still going on schedule, huh?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1766.94,"end":1778,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/338-008-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/338-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/338/conversation-338-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}