{"conversationCode":"009-115","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-115","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T15:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:23:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:41 AM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-115 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. 9-115\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 279-10]\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["009-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:33:07","tapeEnd":"03:33:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-114","nextCode":"009-116","transcript":[{"start":2.85,"end":4.47,"text":"To begin, please."},{"start":4.49,"end":5.08,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special assistant and speechwriter, Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive discussions were addressed during this brief procedural interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:00:03.768Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-115.mp3","bytes":156733,"durationSec":6.46,"bitrate":194177,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}