{"conversationCode":"009-049","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-049","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:12:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:12 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:12 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 9:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-049 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. 9-49\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 9:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["009-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:40:23","tapeEnd":"01:40:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-048","nextCode":"009-050","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.01,"text":"Solomon, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a formal request to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff. The conversation concluded immediately after Nixon provided the necessary instructions for connecting the line.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:54:07.985Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-049.mp3","bytes":169899,"durationSec":7,"bitrate":194032,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}