{"conversationCode":"043-007","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-007","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","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 10:56 am and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-007 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. 43-7\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\n\f                                                 -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 403-24]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["043-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-006","nextCode":"043-008","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":2.35,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.81,"end":3.48,"text":"Cigarette, please."},{"start":3.64,"end":4.71,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a administrative request for telephone connectivity. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential communications","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:24:39.588Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-007.mp3","bytes":279250,"durationSec":11.51,"bitrate":194148,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.847Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}