{"conversationCode":"027-043","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-043","startDateTime":"1972-07-24T16:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-24T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:08 PM","endDate":"24-Jul-1972","endTime":"12:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-43\n\nDate: July 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 350-5]\n\n     Status of the President's call to Lyndon B. Johnson","filename":["027-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-042","nextCode":"027-044","transcript":[{"start":2.36,"end":2.84,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. The conversation served primarily as a logistical step to establish communication between the two leaders. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Lyndon B. Johnson","White House communications","presidential diplomacy","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:24:07.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["lyndon-b-johnson","white-house-communications","presidential-diplomacy","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-043.mp3","bytes":462052,"durationSec":19.19,"bitrate":192655,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.271Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}