{"conversationCode":"285-009","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-009","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T13:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T13:22:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:22 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:22 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:22 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-009 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. 285-009\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: 9:22 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-110]","filename":["285-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:30:28","tapeEnd":"00:30:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-008","nextCode":"285-010","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":7.66,"text":"Sapphire Company, you'll be pleased."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical purpose to connect the President with a specific party identified as the Sapphire Company. The conversation functioned solely as a brief administrative step to initiate external communication.","topics":["White House operator","logistics","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:26:54.002Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","logistics","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-009.mp3","bytes":313276,"durationSec":7.69,"bitrate":325973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.141Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}