{"conversationCode":"026-043","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-043","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-01T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"1-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:00 pm to 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-043 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. 26-43\n\nDate: July 1, 1972\nTime: 1:00-1:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 746-17D]\n\n     Unable to reach Richard M. Helms\n\n     Request for a call to Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters","filename":["026-043-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:18:10","tapeEnd":"03:18:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"026-042","nextCode":"026-044","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate communication with high-level intelligence officials during a brief telephone exchange. After failing to reach CIA Director Richard M. Helms, the President directed the operator to place a call to Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters instead. This interaction reflects the President's urgent effort to establish contact with intelligence leadership to address ongoing administrative or security matters.","topics":["Richard M. Helms","Vernon A. Walters","White House communications","Intelligence community","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:18:51.087Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-helms","vernon-a-walters","white-house-communications","intelligence-community","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-043-splice.mp3","bytes":287775,"durationSec":18,"bitrate":127911,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:15.002Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026b.mp3"],"cutStart":12043.88,"cutEnd":12061.86,"adjustedStart":12043.88,"adjustedEnd":12061.86,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:15.002Z"},"transcript":[{"start":12044.29,"end":12046.01,"text":"Hello."},{"start":12046.03,"end":12048.99,"text":"Mr. Helms is out of the country until the 13th of July."},{"start":12049.19,"end":12049.93,"text":"Okay, thank you."},{"start":12049.99,"end":12050.41,"text":"You're welcome."},{"start":12050.57,"end":12051.23,"text":"Oh, hello."},{"start":12051.29,"end":12052.13,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12052.15,"end":12056.47,"text":"Get me General Walters, then, the Deputy Director of FBI."},{"start":12056.49,"end":12057.35,"text":"General Walters."},{"start":12057.37,"end":12057.8,"text":"The CIA."},{"start":12057.9,"end":12060.36,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12045.38,"end":12060.36,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.093Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":10,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:54:53.893Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-043-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}