{"conversationCode":"803-008","tapeNumber":803,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-803-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:45 AM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-008 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. 803-8\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 11:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-116]","filename":["803-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"803-007","nextCode":"803-009","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":1.43,"text":"It'd be Sammy Davis, Jr."},{"start":1.45,"end":6.22,"text":"I think he's probably in Las Vegas, but you can probably just hear him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. through the White House operator. After confirming Davis is likely located in Las Vegas, Nixon requests that the operator facilitate the connection. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to place a personal or political outreach call.","topics":["Sammy Davis Jr.","White House operator","Telecommunications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:06:56.991Z"},"topicSlugs":["sammy-davis-jr","white-house-operator","telecommunications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"803-008.mp3","bytes":260178,"durationSec":10.77,"bitrate":193201,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/803-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/803/conversation-803-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}