{"conversationCode":"009-003","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-003","startDateTime":"1971-09-14T21:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-14T21:39:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:35 PM","endDate":"14-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 5:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-3\n\nDate: September 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 5:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-34]\n\n     Request for call to William P. Rogers","filename":["009-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:44","tapeEnd":"00:02:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-002","nextCode":"009-004","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":2.52,"text":"Secretary Rogers."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to formal diplomatic discussions between the President and the Secretary. No further policy-related deliberation occurs during this connection attempt.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Secretary of State","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:49:59.992Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","secretary-of-state","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-003.mp3","bytes":117863,"durationSec":4.86,"bitrate":194066,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}