{"conversationCode":"291-009","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-009","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T02:09:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:44 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 10:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-009 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. 291-9\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:44 pm and 10:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-74]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["291-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:21:14","tapeEnd":"00:21:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"291-008","nextCode":"291-010","transcript":[{"start":3.16,"end":6.05,"text":"Oh, I couldn't believe it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative contact with the White House operator to request an urgent telephone connection to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This exchange served solely as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with his key foreign policy aide. No further policy discussion or substantive decision-making occurred during this specific interaction.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:39:17.324Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-009.mp3","bytes":255791,"durationSec":6.26,"bitrate":326749,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}