{"conversationCode":"164-009","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-009","startDateTime":"1973-04-28T14:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-28T14:13:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:09 AM","endDate":"28-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:13 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On April 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:13 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 164-9\n\nDate: April 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:09 am and 9:13 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Henry E. Petersen","filename":["164-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"164-008","nextCode":"164-010","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":3.48,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.5,"end":6.05,"text":"Mr. Henry Peterson, please, Operator and Assistant Secretary."},{"start":6.07,"end":6.5,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.56,"end":8.62,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This interaction was strictly logistical, serving as an administrative step to initiate a high-level discussion regarding the ongoing legal and political developments of the era. No policy decisions were discussed during this brief exchange, which functioned solely to bridge the communication link.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Communications","Logistics","Watergate investigation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:19:36.274Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","communications","logistics","watergate-investigation"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-009.mp3","bytes":432128,"durationSec":13.36,"bitrate":258759,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}