{"conversationCode":"009-039","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-039","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:15 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-039 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. 9-39\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:48 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-56]\n\n     Request for call to George P. Shultz","filename":["009-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:23:22","tapeEnd":"01:23:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-038","nextCode":"009-040","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.91,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.29,"end":4.69,"text":"Schultz."},{"start":5.26,"end":5.52,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with George P. Shultz. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to place the requested outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","George P. Shultz","communications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:53:14.044Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","george-p-shultz","communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-039.mp3","bytes":171780,"durationSec":7.09,"bitrate":193895,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}