{"conversationCode":"622-008","tapeNumber":622,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-622-008","startDateTime":"1971-11-22T21:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-22T21:31:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:26 PM","endDate":"22-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 622-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 622-008\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 015-101]","filename":["622-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:32","tapeEnd":"00:33:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"622-007","nextCode":"622-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.38,"text":"The hall, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to an individual located in the White House hall. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate an immediate follow-up conversation. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this short administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:06:52.318Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"622-008.mp3","bytes":294912,"durationSec":7.24,"bitrate":326049,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.914Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/622-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/622-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/622/conversation-622-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}