{"conversationCode":"043-029","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-029","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T01:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T01:17:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:17 PM","endDate":"5-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:17 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 8:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-029 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. 43-29\n\nDate: February 5, 1973\nTime: 8:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to William E. Timmons\n\f                                               -18-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 43-29 (cont’d)","filename":["043-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-028","nextCode":"043-030","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":3.44,"text":"The Timmons, please."},{"start":3.46,"end":4.13,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to William E. Timmons. The exchange serves solely as an administrative bridge to connect the President with his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief communication.","topics":["William E. Timmons","Presidential communication","White House operations","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:26:36.860Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-029.mp3","bytes":258505,"durationSec":10.64,"bitrate":194364,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.850Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}