{"conversationCode":"043-005","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-005","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:10:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:06 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-005 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. 43-5\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:10 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 403-16]\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["043-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-004","nextCode":"043-006","transcript":[{"start":3.64,"end":4.91,"text":"Kissinger, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacts the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions occur during this specific request.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operator","Telecommunications","Executive communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:24:28.647Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operator","telecommunications","executive-communications"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-005.mp3","bytes":300566,"durationSec":12.39,"bitrate":194122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}