{"conversationCode":"442-009","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-009","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-009 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":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 442-009\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President listened to a portion of a recording of a meeting with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 866-004]\n\nThe President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.","filename":["442-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"442-008","nextCode":"442-010","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":18.9,"text":"You know what we want to do, right?"},{"start":18.92,"end":21.51,"text":"We want to take this guy to this place, turn him around, drag him out, and he's going to be the only one who's going to come out."},{"start":21.53,"end":22.61,"text":"He's going to be the only one who's going to come out."},{"start":22.63,"end":23.71,"text":"He's going to be the only one who's going to come out."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon reviewed a portion of a previously recorded conversation involving White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The session functioned as a review of specific evidence potentially related to the ongoing Watergate investigation. Nixon listened to segments of the tape before concluding the playback, emphasizing his intent to isolate the implications of Dean’s recorded statements.","topics":["Watergate scandal","John W. Dean III","White House tapes","Evidence review","Presidential recordings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:25:28.611Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","john-w-dean-iii","white-house-tapes","evidence-review","presidential-recordings"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-009.mp3","bytes":929792,"durationSec":28.92,"bitrate":257203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.359Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}