{"conversationCode":"009-129","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":129,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-129","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:31:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:06 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:31 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 6:06 pm and 6:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-129 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. 9-129\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:06 pm and 6:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 279-40]\n\n     Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["009-129.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:17:52","tapeEnd":"04:17:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-128","nextCode":"009-130","transcript":[{"start":2.56,"end":3.39,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":3.71,"end":5.57,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves exclusively as a logistical request to establish communication with a key staff member. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:01:24.336Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","communication-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-129.mp3","bytes":151718,"durationSec":6.25,"bitrate":194337,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-129.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-129","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-129","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}