{"conversationCode":"024-043","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-043","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:32:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"11:32 AM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"11:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-043 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. 24-43\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: 11:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-15]\n\n     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["024-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:34","tapeEnd":"00:58:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-042","nextCode":"024-044","transcript":[{"start":7.07,"end":9.52,"text":"Buchanan please Thank you sir"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with senior aide Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific telephone connection.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:51:02.267Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-043.mp3","bytes":255163,"durationSec":10.55,"bitrate":193416,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}