{"conversationCode":"009-116","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-116","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T16:24:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:23 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brennan, Peter J.;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-116 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. 9-116\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 12:23 pm - 12:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 279-1]\n\n     Economic policy\n         -Henry A. Kissinger response\n              -East-West Trade\n                    -Kama River\n                         -Administration action","filename":["009-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:33:13","tapeEnd":"03:33:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Brennan, Peter J."],"prevCode":"009-115","nextCode":"009-117","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":1.92,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.04,"end":2.32,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.92,"end":12.25,"text":"Get out of Kissinger a response that I want a positive response on the East-West trade and the Comer River thing."},{"start":13,"end":22.73,"text":"He's done some thinking about that and there's some things that we could say out there that are not particularly new, but just to remind people what we've done."},{"start":23.05,"end":23.79,"text":"Okay, fine, sir."},{"start":23.81,"end":24.33,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":25.41,"end":25.52,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Patrick J. Buchanan to secure a formal response from Henry Kissinger regarding the administration's stance on East-West trade. The conversation focuses specifically on the Kama River project, with the President emphasizing the need for a positive public relations strategy to highlight existing progress. Buchanan confirms the request and notes that Kissinger has already prepared relevant talking points regarding current trade developments.","topics":["East-West trade","Kama River project","Economic policy","Henry Kissinger","Public relations","Patrick J. Buchanan"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:00:09.613Z"},"topicSlugs":["east-west-trade","kama-river-project","economic-policy","henry-kissinger","public-relations","patrick-j-buchanan"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-116.mp3","bytes":621922,"durationSec":25.85,"bitrate":192450,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}