{"conversationCode":"009-125","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-125","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T21:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:41 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 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-125 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. 9-125\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 279-33]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["009-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:55:04","tapeEnd":"03:55:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-124","nextCode":"009-126","transcript":[{"start":3.07,"end":4.16,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.18,"end":4.93,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":5.17,"end":6.03,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his special counsel. No substantive policy matters or further developments occur during this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:00:59.777Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-125.mp3","bytes":173034,"durationSec":7.14,"bitrate":193889,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}