{"conversationCode":"009-138","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-138","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:35:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:35 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-138 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. 9-138\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: 10:35 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 280-4]\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["009-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:43:37","tapeEnd":"04:43:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"009-137","nextCode":"009-139","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":3.16,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.22,"end":3.99,"text":"Buchanan, please."},{"start":4.05,"end":4.98,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to his speechwriter and political strategist, Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and a key staff member. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for a connection.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:02:15.604Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-138.mp3","bytes":156106,"durationSec":6.43,"bitrate":194161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}