{"conversationCode":"474-009","tapeNumber":474,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-474-009","startDateTime":"1971-03-26T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-26T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Mar-1971","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"26-Mar-1971","endTime":"4:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 474-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 474-9\n\nDate: March 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n      Call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["474-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:18:54","tapeEnd":"01:19:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"474-008","nextCode":"474-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.71,"text":"Tracking center."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him via telephone to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection attempt.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House communications","Executive operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:34:09.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-communications","executive-operations"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"474-009.mp3","bytes":104070,"durationSec":4.26,"bitrate":195486,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/474-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/474-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/474/conversation-474-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}