{"conversationCode":"318-009","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-009","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T18:48:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, 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 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-9\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-20]","filename":["318-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:29:54","tapeEnd":"01:30:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-008","nextCode":"318-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.04,"text":"$3.85, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with a White House operator to facilitate a routine communication task, likely involving the processing of a long-distance or billed telephone call. The exchange centers on the administrative formalities of placing an operator-assisted call and addressing the associated toll charges. No significant policy discussions or strategic developments occurred during this brief procedural interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:46:47.052Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-009.mp3","bytes":448068,"durationSec":11.07,"bitrate":323714,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:20.063Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}