{"conversationCode":"401-008","tapeNumber":401,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-401-008","startDateTime":"1973-01-09T19:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-09T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:53 PM","endDate":"9-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 9, 1973, 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 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 401-8\n\nDate: January 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-111]\n\f                                             -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["401-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"401-007","nextCode":"401-009","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":9.3,"text":"I love you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator. The conversation consisted of a personal, affectionate remark from the President. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["White House staff","Personal communication","Presidential interactions"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:15:44.840Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","personal-communication","presidential-interactions"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"401-008.mp3","bytes":225706,"durationSec":9.25,"bitrate":195134,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.957Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/401-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/401/conversation-401-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}