{"conversationCode":"320-009","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-009","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Riland, W. Kenneth (Dr.);","description":"On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-009 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. 320-9\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: 12:28 pm - 12:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Dr. W Kenneth Riland\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-57]","filename":["320-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:21:36","tapeEnd":"00:23:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Riland, W. Kenneth (Dr.)"],"prevCode":"320-008","nextCode":"320-010","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":5.93,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":10.19,"end":10.93,"text":"You know, yeah."},{"start":10.95,"end":11.07,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":11.17,"end":16.9,"text":"I just called to wish you a happy birthday, Mr. Ryan."},{"start":17.08,"end":24.75,"text":"Well, your son has been taking good care of us down here, and he told me you were 90 today, and I said, well, that gave him hope to live just that long."},{"start":25.25,"end":27.49,"text":"We hope he does, and that you live on the line."},{"start":31.69,"end":42.74,"text":"Right."},{"start":42.76,"end":43.56,"text":"Right."},{"start":43.59,"end":44.03,"text":"Right."},{"start":44.05,"end":44.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":44.73,"end":53.68,"text":"We like the Rylance, and we just want to hope you'll have a great day."},{"start":53.7,"end":53.96,"text":"Yes, you are."},{"start":53.98,"end":54.28,"text":"That's right."},{"start":54.3,"end":57.15,"text":"Family and everything."},{"start":58.81,"end":58.93,"text":"Great."},{"start":61.05,"end":63.92,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":63.94,"end":65.56,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":65.58,"end":65.66,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief call to Dr. W. Kenneth Riland to extend birthday greetings on his 90th birthday. During the exchange, the President complimented the work of Riland's son, who was a member of the White House staff. The conversation remained cordial and strictly social, serving as a gesture of personal goodwill between the President and the Riland family.","topics":["Birthday greetings","Personal relations","Staff management","Courtesy call"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:52:16.188Z"},"topicSlugs":["birthday-greetings","personal-relations","staff-management","courtesy-call"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-009.mp3","bytes":2630844,"durationSec":65.62,"bitrate":320728,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}