{"conversationCode":"043-123","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":123,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-123","startDateTime":"1973-02-20T21:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-20T21:46:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"4:18 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"4:46 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 4:18 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-123 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. 43-123\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:18 pm and 4:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 411-9C]\n\n       Request for a call to Eugene Ormandy","filename":["043-123.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-122","nextCode":"043-124","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":1.47,"text":"You're here now."},{"start":1.97,"end":2.11,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.13,"end":5.24,"text":"Could you get me Mr. Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia?"},{"start":6.34,"end":6.74,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.76,"end":7.33,"text":"The conductor?"},{"start":8.25,"end":10.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to the renowned orchestra conductor Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate the connection between the President and the musician. No substantive political or policy discussions took place during this administrative interaction.","topics":["Eugene Ormandy","White House operations","Presidential communications","Philadelphia"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:35:17.527Z"},"topicSlugs":["eugene-ormandy","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","philadelphia"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-123.mp3","bytes":362999,"durationSec":14.99,"bitrate":193771,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.861Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-123.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-123","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-123","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}