{"conversationCode":"043-078","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-078","startDateTime":"1973-02-14T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-14T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"14-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-078 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. 43-78\n\nDate: February 14, 1973\nTime: 2:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 412-2]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["043-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-077","nextCode":"043-079","transcript":[{"start":3.46,"end":4.82,"text":"Steve Bull, please."},{"start":6.2,"end":6.38,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request to the White House operator to be connected with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This administrative exchange serves the purpose of facilitating direct communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:31:11.811Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-078.mp3","bytes":298002,"durationSec":12.29,"bitrate":193927,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}