{"conversationCode":"043-013","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-013","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T19:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T19:57:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:57 PM","endDate":"31-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:57 PM","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 2:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-013 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. 43-13\n\nDate: January 31, 1973\nTime: 2:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                                 -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Time","filename":["043-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-011","nextCode":"043-014","transcript":[{"start":5.41,"end":7.9,"text":"You give me the correct time, please."},{"start":7.92,"end":10.21,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":10.71,"end":13.24,"text":"It's 2.57."},{"start":13.26,"end":15.31,"text":"2.57, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to verify the current time. This routine administrative interaction served as a logistical check for the President's personal records or scheduling needs. No substantive policy matters or further actions were discussed during this brief communication.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Timekeeping"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:25:07.362Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","timekeeping"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-013.mp3","bytes":524953,"durationSec":21.75,"bitrate":193115,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}