{"conversationCode":"009-073","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-073","startDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:00 AM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 10:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-073 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. 9-73\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: 10:00 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 576-4]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Wiggins","filename":["009-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:01","tapeEnd":"02:13:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-072","nextCode":"009-074","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.04,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.39,"end":7.24,"text":"Congressman Charles Wiggins, please, of California."},{"start":7.26,"end":8.19,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Congressman Charles W. Wiggins of California. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request for the White House operator to connect the President with the Congressman. No further policy or political discussions occur during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Wiggins","White House communications","presidential logistics","congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:56:16.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-wiggins","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-073.mp3","bytes":196857,"durationSec":8.14,"bitrate":193488,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}