{"conversationCode":"023-043","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-043","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T22:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"5:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.;","description":"On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 23-43\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:20 and 5:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 331-33A]\n\nThe President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger before the conversation began.\n\n[See Conversation No. 331-33]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["023-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A."],"prevCode":"023-042","nextCode":"023-044","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.32,"text":"Don't worry."},{"start":1.36,"end":2.65,"text":"I just want to tell you the arguments."},{"start":2.67,"end":3.6,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."},{"start":4.05,"end":4.79,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinated on an urgent communication strategy, focusing on the need to relay specific arguments to Charles W. Colson. The President directed the White House operator to connect him with Colson to discuss these points immediately. This exchange underscores the high level of coordination between Nixon and his top advisor regarding the handling of sensitive political tasks.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communication Strategy","Political Coordination","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:35:35.257Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communication-strategy","political-coordination","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-043.mp3","bytes":129775,"durationSec":5.35,"bitrate":194072,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}