{"conversationCode":"322-009","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-009","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:53 PM","endDate":"29-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 29, 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 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-009 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. 322-9\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-119]","filename":["322-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:37","tapeEnd":"00:07:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"322-008","nextCode":"322-010","transcript":[{"start":7,"end":10.9,"text":"You get close to him now, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with a specific, unnamed individual. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate a follow-up communication. The exchange concludes with the President prioritizing the urgency of reaching the party in question.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:57:59.722Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-009.mp3","bytes":439693,"durationSec":10.86,"bitrate":323890,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}