{"conversationCode":"043-021","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-021","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-021 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. 43-21\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 840-18]\n\n       Request for a call to Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson\n\f                                               -13-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 43-21 (cont’d)","filename":["043-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-020","nextCode":"043-022","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":3.58,"text":"Please?"},{"start":3.92,"end":7.11,"text":"Would you call Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, please?"},{"start":7.33,"end":9.48,"text":"Mrs. Johnson in Texas?"},{"start":9.6,"end":10.06,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.14,"end":12.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. The request specifically identified her location as Texas to facilitate the connection. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of communication between the President and Mrs. Johnson.","topics":["Lady Bird Johnson","White House communications","Telephone protocol","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:25:52.219Z"},"topicSlugs":["lady-bird-johnson","white-house-communications","telephone-protocol","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-021.mp3","bytes":417803,"durationSec":17.28,"bitrate":193427,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}