{"conversationCode":"009-018","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-018","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T16:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T16:24:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:20 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-018 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. 9-18\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["009-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:34:00","tapeEnd":"00:34:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-017","nextCode":"009-019","transcript":[{"start":3.46,"end":4.06,"text":"Hank, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":4.66,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This short exchange serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate a direct communication line between the President and his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Communication","White House Operations","Telephone Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:51:19.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communication","white-house-operations","telephone-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-018.mp3","bytes":157987,"durationSec":6.51,"bitrate":194156,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}