{"conversationCode":"369-008","tapeNumber":369,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-369-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T11:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T12:20:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:55 AM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 8:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 369-8\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:55 am and 8:20 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)\n\n        Request for Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["369-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"369-007","nextCode":"369-009","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":5.35,"text":"Hey, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an brief, informal discussion with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of the meeting was to address a request concerning the status or availability of Alexander M. Haig, Jr. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Personnel","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:09:26.941Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","personnel","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"369-008.mp3","bytes":196230,"durationSec":8.12,"bitrate":193330,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/369-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/369-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/369/conversation-369-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}