{"conversationCode":"440-009","tapeNumber":440,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-440-009","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"3:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-009 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. 440-9\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: 3:00 pm - 3:04 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with William E. Timmons.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-151]","filename":["440-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Timmons, William E."],"prevCode":"440-008","nextCode":"440-010","transcript":[{"start":69.83,"end":72.3,"text":"We go by town."},{"start":72.32,"end":72.65,"text":"We say we do."},{"start":110.87,"end":132.33,"text":"Part of the discussion statement was based on this."},{"start":132.35,"end":135.2,"text":"The other part of it is that here, this is something that we have recognized that when we moved from Baltimore to Mississippi, that was great."},{"start":135.22,"end":136.52,"text":"And, uh, they, uh, went from Miami down to New York on the 300th."},{"start":150.81,"end":151.95,"text":"."},{"start":151.97,"end":153.15,"text":"."},{"start":154.06,"end":172.33,"text":"."},{"start":183.87,"end":188.5,"text":"Our leaders always come in and say what the Christ is going to do."},{"start":188.52,"end":193.25,"text":"Well, if they're free, they call it that way."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and William E. Timmons meet to discuss organizational logistics and the status of various outreach initiatives. The conversation focuses on regional shifts in political operations and the management of leadership expectations regarding upcoming initiatives. No definitive policy decisions are recorded, as the discussion remains largely centered on logistical updates.","topics":["Political strategy","Organizational logistics","Leadership","Administrative planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:16:14.977Z"},"topicSlugs":["political-strategy","organizational-logistics","leadership","administrative-planning"],"audioDurationSec":201,"audioFiles":[{"file":"440-009.mp3","bytes":6438912,"durationSec":201.12,"bitrate":256122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","transcriptGapSeconds":40,"transcriptGapShare":0.2,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/440-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/440/conversation-440-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}