{"conversationCode":"009-026","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-026","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:15 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 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-026 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. 9-26\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 277-19]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["009-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:52","tapeEnd":"00:37:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-025","nextCode":"009-027","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":3.71,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.77,"end":4.75,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.77,"end":5,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Special Counsel. No policy matters or substantive discussions occur during this short exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Charles W. Colson","Telephone communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:52:02.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","charles-w-colson","telephone-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-026.mp3","bytes":161749,"durationSec":6.69,"bitrate":193521,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}