{"conversationCode":"043-044","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-044","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T01:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T01:26:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:09 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-044 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. 43-44\n\nDate: February 7, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                                -25-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 43-42 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["043-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-043","nextCode":"043-045","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":6.78,"text":"Steve Ball, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to contact his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This administrative exchange serves the primary purpose of facilitating internal staff coordination. No further policy or strategic discussions occur during this short connection.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Staff communication","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:28:00.861Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","staff-communication","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-044.mp3","bytes":281757,"durationSec":11.6,"bitrate":194315,"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/043-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}