{"conversationCode":"723-009","tapeNumber":723,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-723-009","startDateTime":"1972-05-11T19:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-11T19:09:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1972","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"11-May-1972","endTime":"3:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 723-009 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. 723-9\n\nDate: May 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:09 pm\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     An unknown person’s return\n         -Return call","filename":["723a.mp3","723b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:22:32","tapeEnd":"01:26:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"723-008","nextCode":"723-010","tapeTranscriptFile":"723a.mp3,723b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5203.04,"end":5205.04,"text":"I spent two hours with the Bremen."},{"start":5206.66,"end":5210.48,"text":"One hour's stay at the answer came in from Dreschner."},{"start":5210.6,"end":5214.19,"text":"It's basically a very mild answer."},{"start":5214.27,"end":5215.79,"text":"It doesn't mention the summit at all."},{"start":5216.91,"end":5220.65,"text":"It sort of bleeds a little about the decisions less so than their public note."},{"start":5221.97,"end":5223.35,"text":"And it says..."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":4943.625,"end":5224.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss a diplomatic communication received from the West German government. The conversation focuses on an analysis of a response from Egon Bahr, described as mild in tone and notably silent regarding the upcoming summit. The participants assess the implications of the German feedback, which appears to express subtle dissatisfaction with recent decisions without escalating tensions.","topics":["West Germany","Diplomacy","Summit","Egon Bahr","International Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:20:49.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["west-germany","diplomacy","summit","egon-bahr","international-relations"],"audioDurationSec":264,"audioFiles":[{"file":"723a.mp3","bytes":175248195,"durationSec":7301.93,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"723b.mp3","bytes":87659205,"durationSec":3652.41,"bitrate":192003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:22.879Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/723a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/723b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/723-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/723/conversation-723-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}