{"conversationCode":"948-009","tapeNumber":948,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-948-009","startDateTime":"1973-07-11T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-07-11T16:24:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jul-1973","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"11-Jul-1973","endTime":"12:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 948-9\n\nDate: July 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:24 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum [memo].\n\n       Memo\n              -Objectives\n              -Justice Department\n                      -President’s concern\n                      -Elliot L. Richardson\n                              -Priorities\n                                      -Social justice compared to law and order\n\nThe President finished dictating the memo at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.","filename":["948-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"948-008","nextCode":"948-010","transcript":[{"start":0.95,"end":5.94,"text":"I was very distressed, dreaming, and I hate dreams."},{"start":26.22,"end":27.02,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum to clarify his priorities for the Department of Justice, specifically directing Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson to refocus the department's agenda. The President emphasized his dissatisfaction with the current trajectory, urging a strategic pivot from a focus on social justice back toward the administration’s original emphasis on law and order. This directive served as a formal articulation of the President’s expectations regarding the department's core objectives.","topics":["Department of Justice","Elliot L. Richardson","Law and order","Executive directives","Social justice"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:49:23.847Z"},"topicSlugs":["department-of-justice","elliot-l-richardson","law-and-order","executive-directives","social-justice"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"948-009.mp3","bytes":1595392,"durationSec":49.73,"bitrate":256631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.649Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/948-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/948-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/948/conversation-948-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}