{"conversationCode":"043-034","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-034","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T19:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-07T04:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"6-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 11:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-034 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. 43-34\n\nDate: February 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 11:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Dr. Walter R. Tkach or Dr. William M. Lukash","filename":["043-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-033","nextCode":"043-035","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":16.33,"text":"Operator, I'd like to get either Dr. Takash or Dr. Lukash."},{"start":16.63,"end":17.34,"text":"It's no emergency."},{"start":17.36,"end":18.78,"text":"I just want to talk to them if I can."},{"start":18.9,"end":19.44,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":19.46,"end":22.55,"text":"I'll call you right away."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to his physicians, either Dr. Walter R. Tkach or Dr. William M. Lukash. He explicitly clarified that the request was not related to a medical emergency. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming the attempt to reach the doctors.","topics":["Presidential health","White House medical staff","Dr. Walter R. Tkach","Dr. William M. Lukash"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:27:05.517Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-health","white-house-medical-staff","dr-walter-r-tkach","dr-william-m-lukash"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-034.mp3","bytes":659176,"durationSec":27.35,"bitrate":192835,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.851Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}