{"conversationCode":"009-053","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-053","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T01:22:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:19 PM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:22 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 9:19 pm and 9:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-053 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. 9-53\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:19 pm and 9:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Maj. George K. Robinson","filename":["009-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:43:58","tapeEnd":"01:44:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-052","nextCode":"009-054","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":8,"text":"Could you give me the commander at Camp David, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Major George K. Robinson. The purpose of the call was to speak directly with the commander stationed at Camp David. The interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate this specific communication.","topics":["Camp David","George K. Robinson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:54:29.143Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","george-k-robinson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-053.mp3","bytes":217546,"durationSec":8.99,"bitrate":193671,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}