{"conversationCode":"823-009","tapeNumber":823,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-823-009","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T18:07:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 823-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 823-9\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 34-74]\n\f                                             -45-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["823-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"823-008","nextCode":"823-010","transcript":[{"start":0.36,"end":3.49,"text":"I pray we keep track of your Paul A. in London, please."},{"start":3.91,"end":6.62,"text":"It's his 80th birthday."},{"start":7.83,"end":8.21,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a long-distance call to London. The purpose of this communication was to reach Paul A. in recognition of his 80th birthday. The operator acknowledged the request, initiating the logistical task of connecting the President to his party abroad.","topics":["Personal communications","London","Paul A.","Birthday","White House operators"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:32:48.973Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-communications","london","paul-a","birthday","white-house-operators"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"823-009.mp3","bytes":108544,"durationSec":9.94,"bitrate":87375,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:40.775Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/823-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/823-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/823/conversation-823-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}