{"conversationCode":"043-009","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-009","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T17:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T17:38:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:36 PM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-9\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: Unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["043-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-008","nextCode":"043-010","transcript":[{"start":4.1,"end":5.75,"text":"Buchanan, please yes, mr."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a staff member. No further policy or strategic discussions took place during this specific transmission.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","administrative request","telephone protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:24:50.566Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","administrative-request","telephone-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-009.mp3","bytes":330043,"durationSec":13.63,"bitrate":193763,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}