{"conversationCode":"043-042","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-042","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T00:50:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:50 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:50 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 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-042 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. 43-42\n\nDate: February 7, 1973\nTime: 7:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Stephen B. Bull's schedule","filename":["043-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-041","nextCode":"043-043","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":4.19,"text":"Mr. President, Steve Bull is in brute homes, sir."},{"start":4.23,"end":5.69,"text":"Shall I leave word for him to call?"},{"start":5.73,"end":7,"text":"He can call me when he gets in."},{"start":7.04,"end":7.42,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":7.46,"end":7.76,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with aide Stephen B. Bull. After being informed of Bull's current location, the President instructed the operator to have Bull return the call upon his arrival. The brief exchange served purely as a logistical coordination to arrange a follow-up discussion between the President and his staff member.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:27:49.871Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-042.mp3","bytes":360069,"durationSec":14.87,"bitrate":193759,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.852Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}