{"conversationCode":"023-160","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":160,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-160","startDateTime":"1972-05-04T19:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-04T21:15:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1972","startTime":"3:55 PM","endDate":"4-May-1972","endTime":"5:15 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 3:55 pm and 5:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-160 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. 23-160\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:55 and 5:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\f[See also Conversation No. 334-44I]\n\n     Request for a call to Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["023-160.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-159","nextCode":"023-161","transcript":[{"start":4.89,"end":8.01,"text":"Can you get me the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Morrow?"},{"start":9.26,"end":9.44,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":9.46,"end":10.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry A. Kissinger requested that the White House operator connect him with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This administrative coordination served as a precursor to a substantive discussion between the two officials. The conversation was limited to the initiation of this secure communication channel.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","Thomas H. Moorer","Joint Chiefs of Staff","Communication coordination","Military leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:46:16.169Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","thomas-h-moorer","joint-chiefs-of-staff","communication-coordination","military-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-160.mp3","bytes":264567,"durationSec":10.95,"bitrate":193372,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-160.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-160","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-160","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}