{"conversationCode":"860-008","tapeNumber":860,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-860-008","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T20:23:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 860-008 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. 860-8\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 and 3:23 p.m.\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-154]","filename":["860-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"860-007","nextCode":"860-009","transcript":[{"start":4.67,"end":9.8,"text":"I'll have to return him some later then because I'll be gone for hours."},{"start":9.9,"end":9.98,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to manage his incoming communications as he prepared to depart the office for an extended period. The brief exchange focused on coordinating the return of a pending phone call later in the day. The President confirmed his unavailability, effectively placing his immediate call schedule on hold.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential schedule","communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:29:39.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-schedule","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"860-008.mp3","bytes":462297,"durationSec":19.15,"bitrate":193160,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.382Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/860-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/860-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/860/conversation-860-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}