{"conversationCode":"009-059","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-059","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T13:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T14:03:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"17-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 10:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-059 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. 9-59\n\nDate: September 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:18 am and 10:03 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 574-3C]\n\n     Request for call to Stan Smith","filename":["009-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:57:38","tapeEnd":"01:57:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-058","nextCode":"009-060","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":13.28,"text":"Mr. Stan Smith, who won the tennis professional championship in Forest Hills on Monday."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a congratulatory telephone call to professional tennis player Stan Smith. This request followed Smith's recent victory at the Forest Hills championship. The exchange was limited to arranging this ceremonial outreach to the athlete.","topics":["Stan Smith","Tennis","White House protocol","Congratulatory calls","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:55:01.414Z"},"topicSlugs":["stan-smith","tennis","white-house-protocol","congratulatory-calls","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-059.mp3","bytes":319737,"durationSec":13.27,"bitrate":192801,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}