{"conversationCode":"042-025","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-025","startDateTime":"1971-04-06T22:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-06T22:43:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:23 PM","endDate":"6-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On April 6, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-025 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-25\n\nDate: April 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:23 pm and 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to John Sherman Cooper\n           -Cooper's location","filename":["042-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:26:36","tapeEnd":"00:26:56","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-024","nextCode":"042-026","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.69,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.03,"end":2.46,"text":"How are you doing on Saturday?"},{"start":2.48,"end":3.34,"text":"Yes, Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":4.16,"end":5.18,"text":"He's leaving for you?"},{"start":5.2,"end":12.28,"text":"Yes, I find he's en route to the Dulles Airport now, leaving on a 7 o'clock flight, and I might be able to get him out there for you."},{"start":12.3,"end":13.1,"text":"You want him there?"},{"start":13.34,"end":13.94,"text":"Absolutely."},{"start":14.08,"end":15.1,"text":"All right, I'll try my best."},{"start":16.03,"end":16.13,"text":"Good."},{"start":16.15,"end":16.49,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Senator John Sherman Cooper. The conversation focused on determining Cooper's current location and travel status as he prepared for a 7:00 p.m. flight out of Dulles Airport. Kissinger emphasized the necessity of reaching the Senator before his departure, prompting the operator to attempt an intercept at the airport.","topics":["John Sherman Cooper","Henry Kissinger","Logistics","Communication","Dulles Airport"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:16:20.765Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-sherman-cooper","henry-kissinger","logistics","communication","dulles-airport"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-025.mp3","bytes":208896,"durationSec":16.72,"bitrate":99948,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}