{"conversationCode":"009-071","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":71,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-071","startDateTime":"1971-09-19T01:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-19T01:59:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:32 PM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:32 pm and 9:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-071 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. 9-71\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:32 am and 9:59 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 576-2]\n\n     Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["009-071.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:38","tapeEnd":"02:12:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-070","nextCode":"009-072","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":3.93,"text":"This is Nexen, please."},{"start":3.95,"end":5.08,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to the First Lady, Thelma C. \"Pat\" Nixon. The exchange served primarily as a brief administrative request to connect the President with his wife. No policy matters or further developments were discussed during this brief communication.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:56:06.234Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-071.mp3","bytes":125386,"durationSec":5.15,"bitrate":194708,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-071.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-071","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-071","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}