{"conversationCode":"009-046","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-046","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T22:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:22 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:03 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 6:22 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-046 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. 9-46\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:22 pm and 9:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["009-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:58","tapeEnd":"01:34:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-045","nextCode":"009-047","transcript":[{"start":0.99,"end":2.19,"text":"Carlson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The brief interaction serves strictly as a logistical request to facilitate communication with his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:53:52.029Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-046.mp3","bytes":124132,"durationSec":5.09,"bitrate":194925,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}