{"conversationCode":"309-009","tapeNumber":309,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-309-009","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:56:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:51 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 24, 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 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-009 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. 309-9\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-10]\n\n     Request for a call to John W. Chancellor","filename":["309-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:42:59","tapeEnd":"01:43:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"309-008","nextCode":"309-010","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":12.96,"text":"I'm the chancellor of the FTC."},{"start":12.98,"end":13.6,"text":"I've heard a number of reports."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John Chancellor. This brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate direct communication between the President and the journalist. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific exchange.","topics":["John Chancellor","Communications","White House operations","Journalism"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:22:59.286Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-chancellor","communications","white-house-operations","journalism"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"309-009.mp3","bytes":556718,"durationSec":13.78,"bitrate":323263,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/309-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/309/conversation-309-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}