{"conversationCode":"043-098","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-098","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T21:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T21:54:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:54 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 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-098 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. 43-98\n\nDate: February 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["043-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-097","nextCode":"043-099","transcript":[{"start":1.67,"end":2.01,"text":"please."},{"start":2.03,"end":2.98,"text":"Mrs. Nixon please."},{"start":3.08,"end":4.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The primary purpose of the call was to facilitate personal contact between the President and his wife. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operator","Personal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:33:01.049Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operator","personal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-098.mp3","bytes":253282,"durationSec":10.4,"bitrate":194832,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}