{"conversationCode":"043-116","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-116","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 043-116 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. 43-116\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No 411-2]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["043-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-115","nextCode":"043-117","transcript":[{"start":2.09,"end":3.26,"text":"Stay broke, please."},{"start":3.28,"end":3.73,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to locate and connect the President with a member of his staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:34:39.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-116.mp3","bytes":255166,"durationSec":10.48,"bitrate":194783,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}