{"conversationCode":"043-121","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-121","startDateTime":"1973-02-20T20:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-20T21:17:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:22 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:17 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 3:22 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-121 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. 43-121\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:22 pm and 4:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 411-9A]\n\n       Request for a call to William E. Timmons","filename":["043-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-120","nextCode":"043-122","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":2.34,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.36,"end":3.11,"text":"Ten minutes, please."},{"start":3.15,"end":4.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with William E. Timmons, then serving as an assistant to the President for legislative affairs. The brief communication serves as a standard administrative directive to establish a direct line of contact with a key staff member. No policy discussions occur during this exchange, as the call functions solely to facilitate subsequent communication.","topics":["William E. Timmons","White House operations","Presidential communication","legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:35:06.332Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-121.mp3","bytes":248270,"durationSec":10.2,"bitrate":194721,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}