{"conversationCode":"023-154","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":154,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-154","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":"White House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 4, 1972, the White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, and President Richard M. Nixon 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 023-154 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. 23-154\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 334-44B]\n\n     Thomas H. Moorer\n         -Location\n\nKissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.\n\n[See Conversation No. 334-44B]\n\f[End of conferral]\n\nKissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Moorer's return call","filename":["023-154.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Kissinger, Henry A.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"023-153","nextCode":"023-155","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":1.33,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.61,"end":5.56,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, the Admiral's out of the office for about an hour."},{"start":5.64,"end":8,"text":"He's attending a swearing-in ceremony."},{"start":8.32,"end":9.95,"text":"Should I leave word for him to call you?"},{"start":10.32,"end":12.93,"text":"Hold on a second."},{"start":20.2,"end":22.72,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":22.92,"end":23.82,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":23.84,"end":28.61,"text":"I'll leave word that he should call me urgently as soon as he gets out of that swearing-in ceremony."},{"start":28.71,"end":29.43,"text":"Will do, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to secure an urgent return call from Admiral Thomas H. Moorer. The request follows a period of coordination between Kissinger and President Nixon regarding ongoing military or diplomatic affairs. Kissinger emphasizes the urgency of the communication, tasking the operator to ensure the Admiral reaches him immediately after attending a swearing-in ceremony.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Thomas H. Moorer","Military coordination","White House communications","Urgent request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:45:43.855Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","thomas-h-moorer","military-coordination","white-house-communications","urgent-request"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-154.mp3","bytes":756714,"durationSec":31.48,"bitrate":192325,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-154.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-154","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-154","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}