{"conversationCode":"043-069","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-069","startDateTime":"1973-02-13T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-13T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"13-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 4:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-069 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. 43-69\n\nDate: February 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 4:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 410-14B]\n\n       Request for a call to John Ford\n            -S. Bruce Herschensohn\n\f                                                -38-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 43-70 (cont’d)","filename":["043-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-068","nextCode":"043-070","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.84,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.74,"end":9.25,"text":"We'd like to talk to Mr. John Ford in Hollywood."},{"start":9.27,"end":10.21,"text":"Now, he's the producer."},{"start":10.23,"end":12.39,"text":"Do you have the director?"},{"start":12.79,"end":13.74,"text":"Uh-huh, yeah."},{"start":13.76,"end":14.16,"text":"Just a second."},{"start":14.18,"end":15.24,"text":"Let's see if we can find the address."},{"start":15.26,"end":15.88,"text":"Do you have any there?"},{"start":17.24,"end":21.61,"text":"You can call Mr. Hutchinson in which was his office."},{"start":22.55,"end":23.95,"text":"Do you know how to reach him?"},{"start":23.99,"end":25.89,"text":"And ask him what his address is and try to get him out."},{"start":25.93,"end":26.38,"text":"I'll talk to him."},{"start":27.2,"end":27.44,"text":"All right."},{"start":27.46,"end":27.88,"text":"Mr. Pistons?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Hollywood producer John Ford. Acting on instructions from S. Bruce Herschensohn, the President requested that the operator locate Ford’s contact information through his former office, managed by a Mr. Hutchinson. The primary objective of the call was to establish communication with Ford for the President.","topics":["John Ford","S. Bruce Herschensohn","Communication logistics","Hollywood","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:30:20.303Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-ford","s-bruce-herschensohn","communication-logistics","hollywood","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-069.mp3","bytes":810894,"durationSec":33.65,"bitrate":192764,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.855Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}