{"conversationCode":"043-115","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-115","startDateTime":"1973-02-20T20:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-20T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:01 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-115 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. 43-115\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                                 -67-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 411-1]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["043-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-114","nextCode":"043-116","transcript":[{"start":4.99,"end":6.51,"text":"Please, Mr. Ziegler."},{"start":6.71,"end":7.2,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":7.21,"end":8.19,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to initiate this communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communications","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:34:34.108Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-115.mp3","bytes":376792,"durationSec":15.55,"bitrate":193889,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.086Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.860Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}