{"conversationCode":"406-009","tapeNumber":406,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-406-009","startDateTime":"1973-01-30T18:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-30T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 30, 1973, 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 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 406-9\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-117]","filename":["406-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"406-008","nextCode":"406-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.54,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.56,"end":3.07,"text":"I don't have any parents."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to facilitate a connection or confirm administrative details. The exchange remained minimal and lacked substantive policy discussion or strategic decision-making. No further actions were recorded following this administrative contact.","topics":["White House operator","Administration","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:28:00.176Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","administration","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"406-009.mp3","bytes":253918,"durationSec":10.43,"bitrate":194821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/406-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/406/conversation-406-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}