{"conversationCode":"632-008","tapeNumber":632,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-632-008","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 632-008 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. 632-8\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-46]","filename":["632-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:31:03","tapeEnd":"01:31:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"632-007","nextCode":"632-009","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":3.37,"text":"Would you get me Ambassador George Bush, New York, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Ambassador George H.W. Bush in New York. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his U.S. Representative to the United Nations. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.","topics":["George H.W. Bush","United Nations","Communication logistics","Diplomatic relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:25:32.277Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","united-nations","communication-logistics","diplomatic-relations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"632-008.mp3","bytes":278779,"durationSec":6.84,"bitrate":326067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/632-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/632-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/632/conversation-632-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}