{"conversationCode":"656-009","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-009","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T15:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T15:08:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:02 AM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Fannin, Paul J.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Paul J. Fannin met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 656-9\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:02 am and 10:08 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Paul J. Fannin.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-92]","filename":["656-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:31","tapeEnd":"00:18:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Fannin, Paul J."],"prevCode":"656-008","nextCode":"656-010","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":1.4,"text":"Sir Van Halen."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication with Senator Paul J. Fannin. This brief interaction served as a logistical precursor to a direct policy discussion between the President and the Senator. The conversation focused primarily on establishing this line of contact to address legislative or political matters of mutual interest.","topics":["Paul J. Fannin","White House operations","Presidential communication","Legislative liaison"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:58:52.115Z"},"topicSlugs":["paul-j-fannin","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","legislative-liaison"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-009.mp3","bytes":337289,"durationSec":8.29,"bitrate":325641,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}