{"conversationCode":"043-126","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":126,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-126","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:22 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:30 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 7:22 pm and 7:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-126 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. 43-126\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["043-126.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-125","nextCode":"043-127","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":3.58,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":3.7,"end":8.83,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This call served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor regarding ongoing foreign policy matters. The interaction concluded immediately after the President issued his instructions to the operator.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","Foreign policy coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:35:33.689Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","foreign-policy-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-126.mp3","bytes":462683,"durationSec":19.13,"bitrate":193456,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-126.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-126","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-126","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}