{"conversationCode":"009-041","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-041","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T17:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:50 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:45 PM","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 11:50 am and 1:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-041 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. 9-41\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:50 am and 1:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 278-61]\n\n     Phone call\n         -Error","filename":["009-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:26:28","tapeEnd":"01:26:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-040","nextCode":"009-042","transcript":[{"start":3,"end":3.92,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":3.94,"end":5,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to place a telephone call through the White House operator, but the effort resulted in a technical error. No substantive conversation occurred as the operator and the President encountered difficulties completing the connection. The interaction concluded without any policy discussions or administrative actions.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Technical error"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:53:24.688Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","technical-error"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-041.mp3","bytes":129775,"durationSec":5.33,"bitrate":194770,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}