{"conversationCode":"447-009","tapeNumber":447,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-447-009","startDateTime":"1973-06-18T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-18T21:15:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"18-Jun-1973","endTime":"5:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:31 pm and 5:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 447-009 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. 447-9\n\nDate: June 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:31 pm and 5:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\f                                               -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 447-40 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Oval Office\n           -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\n     Watergate\n          -White House response\n          -Ervin Committee\n          -Leaks to press","filename":["447-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"447-008","nextCode":"447-010","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":12.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.65,"end":12.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.19,"end":20.1,"text":"We're all set for 530 for, uh, I'll be over at the Oval Office next time."},{"start":20.12,"end":21.17,"text":"And, uh, apparently Buzzard came in."},{"start":21.19,"end":24.31,"text":"Want me to talk to him now, or should I?"},{"start":24.33,"end":24.67,"text":"All right."},{"start":29.5,"end":50.16,"text":"No, I know, but we did our best."},{"start":50.36,"end":52.35,"text":"There's national villains already."},{"start":52.75,"end":68.8,"text":"What do I think today?"},{"start":84.14,"end":84.73,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to coordinate scheduling and legal strategy regarding the ongoing Watergate investigation. The discussion specifically addressed the administration's defensive posture toward the Ervin Committee and concerns over damaging press leaks. Nixon also arranged a briefing with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to further manage the White House's response to the scandal.","topics":["Watergate","J. Fred Buzhardt","Ervin Committee","White House Counsel","Media leaks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:43:30.189Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","j-fred-buzhardt","ervin-committee","white-house-counsel","media-leaks"],"audioDurationSec":92,"audioFiles":[{"file":"447-009.mp3","bytes":2951168,"durationSec":92.11,"bitrate":256326,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:42.328Z","transcriptGapSeconds":37,"transcriptGapShare":0.4,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/447-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/447-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/447/conversation-447-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}