{"conversationCode":"279-009","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-009","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T15:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T15:41:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:39 AM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"11:41 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:39 am to 11:41 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 279-9\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 11:39 am - 11:41 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\fThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-114]","filename":["279-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:14","tapeEnd":"01:36:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"279-008","nextCode":"279-010","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":15.64,"text":"I'm trying to bear on the drug thing in a very terse or brief manner what this administration has done."},{"start":15.7,"end":20.52,"text":"We've cut off, we've cut off, but I don't want any pages, you know, I just want to have a page so that"},{"start":21.53,"end":34.85,"text":"I mean, say we have a worldwide emergency, you know, everywhere I use the word worldwide emergency, attacking an on-tree front or whatever, or maybe that's the CSF, you've got the doctors and so on and so on and so on."},{"start":34.91,"end":43.14,"text":"And I put in touch with an office team to support the people in the field."},{"start":43.26,"end":43.36,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan discussed the need for a concise summary of the administration's anti-drug initiatives to be prepared for public communication. Nixon emphasized the importance of framing the federal response as a urgent, comprehensive effort involving international cooperation and specialized medical support. Buchanan was tasked with distilling these complex policy actions into a brief, high-impact document.","topics":["War on Drugs","Public relations","Administration policy","Communication strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:02:33.532Z"},"topicSlugs":["war-on-drugs","public-relations","administration-policy","communication-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-009.mp3","bytes":1753146,"durationSec":43.69,"bitrate":321009,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}