{"conversationCode":"043-111","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":111,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-111","startDateTime":"1973-02-16T00:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-16T00:01:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:01 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:01 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 7:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-111 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. 43-111\n\nDate: February 15, 1973\nTime: 7:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 410-46]\n\n       Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["043-111.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-110","nextCode":"043-112","transcript":[{"start":1.4,"end":2.06,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.02,"end":5.97,"text":"Billy Graham, he may be on a radio wire."},{"start":5.99,"end":7.21,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.23,"end":10.7,"text":"You know, in the Bahamas or so forth."},{"start":10.78,"end":13.69,"text":"It's okay because there's nothing confidential, okay?"},{"start":13.71,"end":15.37,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to evangelist Billy Graham, who was reportedly traveling in the Bahamas. Nixon specified that the nature of the conversation was not confidential. The primary purpose of this communication was to facilitate a personal contact between the President and Graham.","topics":["Billy Graham","Communication","Presidential outreach","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:34:11.887Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","communication","presidential-outreach","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-111.mp3","bytes":515916,"durationSec":21.35,"bitrate":193347,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.860Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-111.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-111","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-111","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}