{"conversationCode":"043-040","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-040","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:45:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:45 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-040 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. 43-40\n\nDate: February 7, 1973\nTime: 7:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s schedule\n\n       Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["043-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-039","nextCode":"043-041","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":1.89,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.91,"end":6.11,"text":"Mr. President, I find that Mr. Haldeman is out for about an hour."},{"start":6.12,"end":7.57,"text":"Could you get Mr. Ehrlichman, please?"},{"start":7.61,"end":8.57,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to John D. Ehrlichman after learning that H. R. Haldeman was unavailable. The conversation served as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate contact with a key advisor. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:27:39.222Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-040.mp3","bytes":373234,"durationSec":15.41,"bitrate":193720,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}