{"conversationCode":"437-009","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-009","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:52:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:51 pm to 2:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 437-9\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: 2:51 pm - 2:52 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-81]","filename":["437-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr."],"prevCode":"437-008","nextCode":"437-010","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":0.72,"text":"Low."},{"start":2.02,"end":5.69,"text":"Oh, to finish your meeting with the ."},{"start":5.71,"end":10.01,"text":"Free now?"},{"start":12.36,"end":12.41,"text":"Oh."},{"start":12.44,"end":12.63,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":16.4,"end":17.78,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":17.8,"end":20.06,"text":"Yeah, take time, yeah."},{"start":20.08,"end":25.33,"text":"This is what they are ."},{"start":25.35,"end":26.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.97,"end":27.27,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with his counsel, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., to coordinate their schedules following an ongoing meeting. The discussion functioned primarily as a brief administrative exchange to ensure they were prepared to convene once Buzhardt became available. No substantive policy or legal strategy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House counsel","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:06:06.858Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-counsel","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-009.mp3","bytes":1124352,"durationSec":35.04,"bitrate":256701,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}