{"conversationCode":"009-077","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":77,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-077","startDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:05:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:05 AM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:05 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 10:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-077 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. 9-77\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: 10:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 576-5D]\n\n     Roger H. Zion's location","filename":["009-077.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:39","tapeEnd":"02:13:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-076","nextCode":"009-078","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.79,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.24,"end":9.43,"text":"Mr. President, I found that Congressman Zion is speaking at a lower place, Princeton, Indiana, and they'll hear from him at noon."},{"start":9.87,"end":12.86,"text":"May be able to track him down, though, if necessary."},{"start":12.88,"end":13.08,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.1,"end":14.82,"text":"Well, there's no..."},{"start":14.85,"end":15.93,"text":"If you get him, fine."},{"start":16.09,"end":17.11,"text":"If not, it's okay."},{"start":17.41,"end":17.97,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Congressman Roger H. Zion for an expected communication. The operator located Zion in Princeton, Indiana, and noted he was scheduled to speak at noon. Nixon instructed the operator to attempt contact if possible, though he acknowledged that reaching the Congressman was not a strict necessity.","topics":["Roger H. Zion","White House operations","Congressional relations","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:56:37.867Z"},"topicSlugs":["roger-h-zion","white-house-operations","congressional-relations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-077.mp3","bytes":433840,"durationSec":18.02,"bitrate":192610,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-077.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-077","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-077","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}