{"conversationCode":"009-096","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-096","startDateTime":"1971-09-20T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-20T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"20-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-096 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. 9-96\n\nDate: September 20, 1971\nTime: 2:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 577-7]\n\n     Request for call to William E. Walk, Jr.","filename":["009-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:32:26","tapeEnd":"02:32:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-095","nextCode":"009-097","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":5.3,"text":"You can try that call to Judge Walk."},{"start":5.78,"end":6.51,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":6.53,"end":7.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Judge William E. Walk, Jr. This interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the judge. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["William E. Walk Jr.","Administrative request","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:58:20.604Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-walk-jr","administrative-request","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-096.mp3","bytes":186199,"durationSec":7.69,"bitrate":193646,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}