{"conversationCode":"009-050","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-050","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:13:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:13 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:13 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 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-050 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. 9-50\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: 9:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location\n          -Sequoia\n          -Return call","filename":["009-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:40:30","tapeEnd":"01:40:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-049","nextCode":"009-051","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":2.81,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.83,"end":9.55,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman is on the Sequoia also and I have left word for him to return the call as soon as they die or they should be in a few minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with H. R. Haldeman. The operator informed the President that Haldeman was currently aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia, and was expected to return the call shortly. This brief communication served to coordinate Nixon's urgent administrative access to his Chief of Staff.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Sequoia","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:54:13.204Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","sequoia","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-050.mp3","bytes":262686,"durationSec":10.88,"bitrate":193066,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}