{"conversationCode":"043-041","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-041","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:49:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:49 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:49 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 7:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-041 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. 43-41\n\nDate: February 7, 1973\nTime: 7:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       John D. Ehrlichman's schedule\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 43-42 (cont’d)","filename":["043-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-040","nextCode":"043-042","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":5.05,"text":"I find Mr. Ehrlichman and the missus are out until about 10.30."},{"start":5.11,"end":6.86,"text":"Yeah, they're probably the same thing."},{"start":7.2,"end":8.57,"text":"Mr. Steve Bull, please."},{"start":8.63,"end":9.75,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with his staff regarding scheduling logistics. After learning that John D. Ehrlichman would be unavailable until late in the evening, the President requested to be connected to Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to reach key administrative personnel.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Stephen B. Bull","White House scheduling","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:27:44.535Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","stephen-b-bull","white-house-scheduling","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-041.mp3","bytes":390162,"durationSec":16.12,"bitrate":193628,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.852Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}