{"conversationCode":"859-008","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-008","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:44:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:43 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:43 am to 9:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 859-8\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Between 9:43 am and 9:44 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-138]","filename":["859-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"859-007","nextCode":"859-009","transcript":[{"start":3.7,"end":4.36,"text":"Harry Dent, please."},{"start":4.58,"end":6.78,"text":"He's probably talking now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to be connected with Harry Dent. The operator clarifies that Dent is currently occupied on another call. This exchange serves as a routine administrative effort to facilitate communication between the President and his advisor.","topics":["Harry Dent","White House operations","Presidential communication","administrative scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:25:54.339Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-dent","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-008.mp3","bytes":381386,"durationSec":15.76,"bitrate":193596,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.382Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}