{"conversationCode":"577-009","tapeNumber":577,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-577-009","startDateTime":"1971-09-20T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-20T19:01:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"20-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 577-9\n\nDate: September 20, 1971\nTime: 3:00 pm - 3:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     Ziegler's schedule\n          -National Security Council [NSC] meeting\n          -Senate\n\nThe President and Ziegler left at 3:01 pm.","filename":["577a.mp3","577b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:08:30","tapeEnd":"02:09:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"577-008","nextCode":"577-010","tapeTranscriptFile":"577a.mp3,577b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7710,"end":7710.28,"text":"Wel, maen nhw'n gwybod beth yw hynny."},{"start":7710.48,"end":7713.82,"text":"Ie, ond rydyn ni, rydyn ni'n hoffi, rydyn ni'n rhaid i ni gael cynllun gêm am hynny."},{"start":7713.86,"end":7716.16,"text":"Rydyn ni'n gallu cyrraedd ni ar ôl y 15."},{"start":7716.62,"end":7718.07,"text":"Ond rwy'n meddwl, Iesu, bod hynny'n rhaid i mi"},{"start":7719.41,"end":7722.71,"text":"Yn y wythnos nesaf, rwy'n meddwl y byddwn i'n gallu'i ddysgu."},{"start":7722.75,"end":7725.01,"text":"Ac yna, rwy'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n dweud i'r bobl Tecstol fod yn sefyll yn ôl."},{"start":7725.07,"end":7729.05,"text":"Ac rwy'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."},{"start":7729.07,"end":7731.09,"text":"Y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."},{"start":7731.13,"end":7738.35,"text":"Y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."},{"start":7738.37,"end":7741.42,"text":"Y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."},{"start":7741.44,"end":7742.58,"text":"Y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."},{"start":7742.6,"end":7743,"text":"Y byddwn ni'n gallu mynd yn ôl i'w gweld."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7710,"end":7743,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler held a brief meeting to coordinate administrative scheduling and communications strategy. The discussion centered on aligning the President's upcoming availability with National Security Council meetings and legislative matters in the Senate. The participants concluded with an intent to finalize these logistical arrangements in the following week.","topics":["Scheduling","National Security Council","Senate Relations","White House Administration","Communication Strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:03:51.183Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","national-security-council","senate-relations","white-house-administration","communication-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"577a.mp3","bytes":176299571,"durationSec":7345.74,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"577b.mp3","bytes":150116100,"durationSec":6254.77,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.634Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/577a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/577b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/577-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/577/conversation-577-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}