{"conversationCode":"799-008","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T13:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T13:32:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:32 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 799-8\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 9:32 am\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-48]","filename":["799-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"799-007","nextCode":"799-009","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.54,"text":"Senator Goldwater, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Barry Goldwater. This brief interaction serves as the logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters are discussed in this segment.","topics":["Barry Goldwater","Communication","Logistics","White House Operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:59:46.577Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-goldwater","communication","logistics","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-008.mp3","bytes":210023,"durationSec":8.68,"bitrate":193569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.449Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}