{"conversationCode":"354-009","tapeNumber":354,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-354-009","startDateTime":"1972-10-02T18:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-02T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:37 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 354-9\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: 2:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 30-41]","filename":["354-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"354-008","nextCode":"354-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.65,"text":"That's Mr. Coulson from the O.D."},{"start":2.67,"end":3.48,"text":"office, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Charles 'Chuck' Coulson of the Office of Drug Abuse Prevention. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an official policy discussion regarding federal drug initiatives. No further substantive dialogue occurs during this short segment before the connection is processed.","topics":["White House operations","Chuck Coulson","drug policy","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:40:56.565Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","chuck-coulson","drug-policy","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"354-009.mp3","bytes":200619,"durationSec":8.29,"bitrate":193523,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/354-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/354-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/354/conversation-354-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}