{"conversationCode":"043-002","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-002","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:02:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:02 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:02 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:02 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-2\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: 10:02 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 403-12]\n\n       Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["043-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-001","nextCode":"043-003","transcript":[{"start":2.44,"end":5.93,"text":"Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":5.95,"end":7.64,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine administrative request for the White House operator to connect him with domestic policy advisor John D. Ehrlichman. The call serves as a brief logistical bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and his senior aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House administration","John D. Ehrlichman","logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:24:11.757Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","john-d-ehrlichman","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-002.mp3","bytes":319317,"durationSec":13.17,"bitrate":193917,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}