{"conversationCode":"335-009","tapeNumber":335,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-335-009","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T18:01:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"2:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 3, 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 12:59 pm and 2:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-009 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. 335-9\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 and 2:01 pm.\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-134]","filename":["335a.mp3","335b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:42","tapeEnd":"00:41:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"335-008","nextCode":"335-010","tapeTranscriptFile":"335a.mp3,335b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2510,"end":2513.75,"text":"But that means you haven't come here to deal with these things."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2510,"end":2513.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to address administrative difficulties regarding the routing or handling of specific communications. The brief exchange reflects a frustration with logistical inefficiencies, though the transcript remains incomplete regarding the specific nature of the technical or procedural failure. No major policy decisions resulted from this interaction, as it focused primarily on internal operational oversight.","topics":["White House operations","Administrative procedures","Communication protocols","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:46:11.418Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","administrative-procedures","communication-protocols","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"335a.mp3","bytes":116918127,"durationSec":7325.76,"bitrate":127678,"missing":false},{"file":"335b.mp3","bytes":112121805,"durationSec":7024.3,"bitrate":127695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/335a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/335b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/335-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/335/conversation-335-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}