{"conversationCode":"903-008","tapeNumber":903,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-903-008","startDateTime":"1973-04-20T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-20T16:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:23 AM","endDate":"20-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 903-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 903-8\n\nDate: April 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:23 am and 11:32 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-128]","filename":["903-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"903-007","nextCode":"903-009","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":2.25,"text":"Sir, Henry Peterson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson. The request served as a direct communication link to the Justice Department during the escalation of the Watergate scandal. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Henry Peterson","Watergate scandal","White House communications","Justice Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:38:56.795Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-peterson","watergate-scandal","white-house-communications","justice-department"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"903-008.mp3","bytes":311296,"durationSec":9.63,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/903-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/903-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/903/conversation-903-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}