{"conversationCode":"027-009","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-009","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T18:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T18:14:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:14 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-9\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: 2:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 348-6D]\n\n     The President's call to France A. (“Frank”) Sinatra\n          -Sinatra's location in Monte Carlo\n                 -Secretary in California","filename":["027-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-008","nextCode":"027-010","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":28.89,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":28.91,"end":28.93,"text":"."},{"start":28.95,"end":28.97,"text":"."},{"start":28.99,"end":29.01,"text":"."},{"start":29.03,"end":29.05,"text":"."},{"start":29.07,"end":29.09,"text":"."},{"start":29.11,"end":29.13,"text":"."},{"start":29.15,"end":29.17,"text":"."},{"start":29.19,"end":29.21,"text":"."},{"start":29.23,"end":29.25,"text":"."},{"start":29.27,"end":29.29,"text":"."},{"start":29.31,"end":29.33,"text":"."},{"start":29.35,"end":29.37,"text":"."},{"start":29.39,"end":29.41,"text":"."},{"start":29.43,"end":29.45,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to entertainer Frank Sinatra. The primary purpose of the communication was to locate Sinatra, who was reported to be in Monte Carlo at the time. This exchange served as an administrative step in the President's attempt to contact the singer.","topics":["Frank Sinatra","Presidential communications","White House operations","Telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:21:01.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-sinatra","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-009.mp3","bytes":824423,"durationSec":34.28,"bitrate":192397,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}