{"conversationCode":"451-008","tapeNumber":451,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-451-008","startDateTime":"1971-02-18T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-18T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Feb-1971","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"18-Feb-1971","endTime":"1:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 451-8\n\nDate: February 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 1:09 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to Mrs. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph D. Albertazzie","filename":["451-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:43","tapeEnd":"02:03:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"451-007","nextCode":"451-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.89,"text":"And now we're passing the light of the covenant."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Mrs. Ralph D. Albertazzie, the wife of his personal pilot. This routine administrative request facilitated communication with the spouse of a high-level staff member involved in the President's travel operations. The exchange concluded with the operator proceeding to execute the requested connection.","topics":["White House operations","Ralph D. Albertazzie","Presidential communications","Air Force One","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:53:36.367Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ralph-d-albertazzie","presidential-communications","air-force-one","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":152,"audioFiles":[{"file":"451-008.mp3","bytes":3642513,"durationSec":151.71,"bitrate":192080,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/451-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/451-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/451/conversation-451-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}