{"conversationCode":"043-091","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":91,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-091","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T20:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T21:24:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:04 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 4:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-091 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. 43-91\n\nDate: February 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:04 pm and 4:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 410-21]\n\n       Request for a call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["043-091.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-090","nextCode":"043-092","transcript":[{"start":4.12,"end":6.8,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to initiate a high-level consultation with the nation's top military official. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange with the operator.","topics":["Admiral Thomas H. Moorer","Joint Chiefs of Staff","White House communications","military coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:32:23.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["admiral-thomas-h-moorer","joint-chiefs-of-staff","white-house-communications","military-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-091.mp3","bytes":327888,"durationSec":13.51,"bitrate":194208,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-091.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-091","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-091","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}