{"conversationCode":"043-104","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-104","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T23:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T23:27:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"6:27 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"6:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 6:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-104 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. 43-104\n\nDate: February 15, 1973\nTime: 6:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 410-38]\n\n       Request for a call to Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope","filename":["043-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-103","nextCode":"043-105","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":4.41,"text":"Bob Hope in California, please."},{"start":4.43,"end":5.6,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to entertainer Bob Hope, who is located in California. This brief administrative interaction serves solely to facilitate communication between the President and the celebrity. No substantive policy discussions or political decisions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Bob Hope","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:33:34.101Z"},"topicSlugs":["bob-hope","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-104.mp3","bytes":287711,"durationSec":11.84,"bitrate":194399,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}