{"conversationCode":"023-153","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-153","startDateTime":"1972-05-04T19:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-04T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1972","startTime":"3:04 PM","endDate":"4-May-1972","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On May 4, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-153 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. 23-153\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 334-44A]\n\n     Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["023-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-152","nextCode":"023-154","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":4.84,"text":"Get me Admiral Moore, please, for Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":6.09,"end":6.62,"text":"Yes, Dr. Kissinger."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This administrative call serves as the necessary step to bridge a secure line for high-level military consultations. The primary action item is the immediate placement of the call to the Admiral to address time-sensitive defense or strategic matters.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Thomas H. Moorer","Military communication","Joint Chiefs of Staff","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:45:38.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","thomas-h-moorer","military-communication","joint-chiefs-of-staff","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-153.mp3","bytes":192469,"durationSec":7.95,"bitrate":193579,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}