{"conversationCode":"833-008","tapeNumber":833,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-833-008","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T13:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T14:03:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:53 AM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 9:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 833-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 833-8\n\f                                               -4-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 833-21 (cont’d)\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:53 am and 9:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-83]","filename":["833-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"833-007","nextCode":"833-009","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":2.28,"text":"You'll get me Mr. Paul Martin."},{"start":2.9,"end":4.51,"text":"He works for the U.S. News and World Report."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Paul Martin, a journalist affiliated with U.S. News and World Report. The brief exchange served solely to facilitate this communication request. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Paul Martin","U.S. News and World Report","Media relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:48:55.347Z"},"topicSlugs":["paul-martin","u-s-news-and-world-report","media-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"833-008.mp3","bytes":299030,"durationSec":12.32,"bitrate":194175,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:43.208Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/833-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/833-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/833/conversation-833-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}