{"conversationCode":"009-060","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":60,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-060","startDateTime":"1971-09-17T13:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-17T15:43:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"17-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:43 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 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-060 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. 9-60\n\nDate: September 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:18 am and 11:43 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 574-6A]\n\n     Request for call to Kay Gardella","filename":["009-060.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:57:51","tapeEnd":"01:58:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-059","nextCode":"009-061","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":14.32,"text":"Would you get Ms. Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News, Gardella?"},{"start":14.34,"end":14.68,"text":"Yes."},{"start":14.7,"end":16.16,"text":"She's a TV correspondent."},{"start":17.02,"end":17.16,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Kay Gardella, a television correspondent for the New York Daily News. The President identifies the journalist by her professional role to ensure the operator contacts the correct individual. This interaction serves as a brief administrative task to facilitate direct communication between the President and a member of the press.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Kay Gardella","New York Daily News","Press Relations","White House Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:55:06.937Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","kay-gardella","new-york-daily-news","press-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-060.mp3","bytes":429452,"durationSec":17.82,"bitrate":192805,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-060.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-060","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-060","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}