{"conversationCode":"454-008","tapeNumber":454,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-454-008","startDateTime":"1971-02-20T15:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-20T15:58:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1971","startTime":"10:32 AM","endDate":"20-Feb-1971","endTime":"10:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 10:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 454-008 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. 454-8\n\nDate: February 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:32 am and 10:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator [?]\n\n     Peter M. Flanigan","filename":["454-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:14:44","tapeEnd":"02:15:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"454-006","nextCode":"454-009","transcript":[{"start":69.88,"end":69.94,"text":"Thanks for watching!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone connection with Peter M. Flanigan. The brief interaction focused on the logistics of reaching the Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange beyond the operational request to initiate the call.","topics":["Peter M. Flanigan","White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:58:05.401Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-m-flanigan","white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"454-008.mp3","bytes":1679568,"durationSec":69.93,"bitrate":192147,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/454-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/454-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/454/conversation-454-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}