{"conversationCode":"505-009","tapeNumber":505,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-505-009","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T17:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"1:26 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"1:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 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 1:26 pm and 1:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-009 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. 505-009\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:26 pm and 1:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-128]","filename":["505-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:51:08","tapeEnd":"02:51:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"505-008","nextCode":"505-010","transcript":[{"start":5.55,"end":15.72,"text":"Could you get Mr. Edward Kiernan of the Manila Association of Police from NCRC, please?"},{"start":15.74,"end":19.45,"text":"Yeah, he's the president of the Patrolman Manila Association."},{"start":19.47,"end":21.19,"text":"I think you have the number."},{"start":21.21,"end":21.95,"text":"Edward Kiernan."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Edward Kiernan, the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of New York. The President provided the contact's professional affiliation to assist the operator in locating the correct number. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the police union leader.","topics":["Edward Kiernan","Patrolmen's Benevolent Association","White House communications","Police relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:31:38.554Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-kiernan","patrolmens-benevolent-association","white-house-communications","police-relations"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"505-009.mp3","bytes":981995,"durationSec":24.42,"bitrate":321682,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:52.330Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/505-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/505/conversation-505-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}