{"conversationCode":"420-009","tapeNumber":420,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-420-009","startDateTime":"1973-03-16T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-16T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"16-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 420-9\n\nDate: March 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n        Cable television [TV]\n             -Initiative\n             -Adversity [?]","filename":["420-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"420-008","nextCode":"420-010","transcript":[{"start":10.11,"end":11.64,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum for H. R. Haldeman regarding the administration's strategic approach to cable television. The discussion centers on developing an initiative to manage the medium while addressing potential institutional adversity. The action item requires Haldeman to initiate planning based on the President's directives for media policy.","topics":["Cable television","Media policy","H. R. Haldeman","White House strategy","Regulatory initiatives"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:07:08.400Z"},"topicSlugs":["cable-television","media-policy","h-r-haldeman","white-house-strategy","regulatory-initiatives"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"420-009.mp3","bytes":202752,"durationSec":33.2,"bitrate":48855,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/420-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/420/conversation-420-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}