{"conversationCode":"043-028","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-028","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T01:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T01:12:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:12 PM","endDate":"5-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-028 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. 43-28\n\nDate: February 5, 1973\nTime: 8:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["043-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-027","nextCode":"043-029","transcript":[{"start":2.93,"end":5.56,"text":"Could you try Mr. Haldeman, please?"},{"start":6.44,"end":8.57,"text":"Mr. Haldeman is out until 11.30."},{"start":8.75,"end":9.89,"text":"I do have a page."},{"start":9.94,"end":11.9,"text":"Oh, no, no, not necessary."},{"start":12.06,"end":13.37,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. Upon learning that Haldeman was unavailable until late evening, the President declined the operator’s offer to page him. The exchange ended without further action regarding the call.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:26:31.142Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-028.mp3","bytes":464767,"durationSec":19.23,"bitrate":193384,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}