{"conversationCode":"002-009","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-009","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T20:54:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-9\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 3:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 483-17C]\n\n     Call to Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:17","tapeEnd":"00:10:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-008","nextCode":"002-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.73,"text":"John Hughes, General Hughes."},{"start":2.75,"end":3.76,"text":"John, you're fine."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.71,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with General James D. \"Don\" Hughes. The conversation served strictly as a logistical bridge to initiate a formal call between the President and the General. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["General James D. Hughes","White House communications","logistics","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:08:15.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["general-james-d-hughes","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-009.mp3","bytes":121625,"durationSec":5,"bitrate":194547,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.957Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}