{"conversationCode":"009-080","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-080","startDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-18T14:54:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Zion, Roger H.;","description":"On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Roger H. Zion talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-080 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. 9-80\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: 10:51 am - 10:54 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Roger H. Zion.\n\n[See Conversation No. 576-6A]\n\n     Zion's birthday\n          -Work\n          -Speaking engagements\n          -Age\n                 -Younger generation\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/03/2018.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[009-080-w001]\n[Duration: 13s]\n\n     Indiana\n          -Roger H. Zion’s meeting with Republican women\n               -City election\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["009-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:14:13","tapeEnd":"02:15:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Zion, Roger H."],"prevCode":"009-079","nextCode":"009-081","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":2.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.97,"end":5.37,"text":"Sorry, go ahead."},{"start":5.39,"end":5.45,"text":"Dr."},{"start":5.49,"end":6.35,"text":"Congressman Zott."},{"start":6.39,"end":7.16,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":8.74,"end":10.92,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":10.94,"end":12,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":12.04,"end":14.59,"text":"Well, I just called to tell you you shouldn't be working on your birthday."},{"start":15.71,"end":26.24,"text":"But since you're out there in Indiana on your birthday, why tell all those crowds that you'll be speaking to that I called you to wish my Indiana friend from southern Indiana very best on his 25th birthday."},{"start":26.3,"end":26.79,"text":"Is that how old?"},{"start":26.86,"end":28.19,"text":"You're old enough to be in Congress?"},{"start":28.21,"end":29.49,"text":"You're half right, Mr. President."},{"start":29.53,"end":30.89,"text":"You're old enough to be in Congress?"},{"start":31.27,"end":32.03,"text":"I'm old enough."},{"start":32.05,"end":32.95,"text":"Yeah, right."},{"start":33.01,"end":34.68,"text":"This is a half century mark here."},{"start":34.94,"end":35.26,"text":"Really?"},{"start":35.5,"end":36.08,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":36.46,"end":37.15,"text":"Oh, my God."},{"start":37.19,"end":39.43,"text":"You're the youngest looking guy I ever saw for that age."},{"start":39.71,"end":42.68,"text":"Well, I got a nice card saying I'm happy you're 50."},{"start":42.74,"end":45.22,"text":"I'm getting sick of the younger generation."},{"start":45.24,"end":46.74,"text":"Live it up while you can."},{"start":46.8,"end":47.73,"text":"All right."},{"start":61.29,"end":61.39,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Congressman Roger H. Zion to offer birthday greetings and encourage him to mention the President’s well-wishes during his upcoming speaking engagements in Indiana. The conversation also touched upon Zion reaching his fiftieth birthday, with Nixon jokingly remarking on his youthful appearance and expressing a playful frustration with the younger generation. The exchange served primarily as a gesture of political camaraderie and personal rapport between the two men.","topics":["Roger H. Zion","Indiana","Birthday","Political Outreach","Generational attitudes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:56:53.612Z"},"topicSlugs":["roger-h-zion","indiana","birthday","political-outreach","generational-attitudes"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-080.mp3","bytes":1473932,"durationSec":61.35,"bitrate":192198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}