{"conversationCode":"007-043","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-043","startDateTime":"1971-08-02T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-02T16:00:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 7-43\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 553-6A]\n\n     Requested a call to Carl T. Curtis","filename":["007-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:05:37","tapeEnd":"02:05:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-042","nextCode":"007-044","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.96,"text":"Congressman Curtis of Nebraska, please."},{"start":5.08,"end":8.15,"text":"I mean, Senator Curtis."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska. After initially referring to Curtis as a Congressman, the President promptly corrected himself to specify his proper title as Senator. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator.","topics":["Carl T. Curtis","Communication logistics","White House operator","Senator","Telephone call"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:27:55.948Z"},"topicSlugs":["carl-t-curtis","communication-logistics","white-house-operator","senator","telephone-call"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-043.mp3","bytes":212531,"durationSec":8.8,"bitrate":193195,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.471Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}