{"conversationCode":"009-047","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-047","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:03 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-047 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. 9-47\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 9:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Charles W. Colson's location\n          -Sequoia\n          -Return call\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["009-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:06","tapeEnd":"01:34:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-046","nextCode":"009-048","transcript":[{"start":1.67,"end":2.07,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.27,"end":7.2,"text":"Mr. President, he's on the Sequoia, and there's about five minutes before he can talk to you from the dock."},{"start":7.22,"end":10.18,"text":"It's an awful noisy line going through the... Oh, no, no, no, no."},{"start":10.2,"end":13.14,"text":"No, just tell him that I'll..."},{"start":14.09,"end":15.53,"text":"He can call me at his convenience."},{"start":15.55,"end":16.59,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":16.61,"end":16.99,"text":"All right."},{"start":17.01,"end":18.09,"text":"Try Mr. Buchanan, please."},{"start":18.11,"end":19.47,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate communication with his staff. He sought to reach Charles W. Colson, who was currently aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia, and subsequently requested a call to Patrick J. Buchanan. The President opted to defer the conversation with Colson until the latter could call from a more suitable location.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:53:57.305Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-047.mp3","bytes":497788,"durationSec":20.68,"bitrate":192524,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}