{"conversationCode":"043-128","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-128","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:41 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:43 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 7:41 pm and 7:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-128 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. 43-128\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:41 pm and 7:43 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":["043-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-127","nextCode":"043-129","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.93,"text":"Can I get Dr. Kissinger back again, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent follow-up telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical step to re-establish communication with Kissinger during a period of high-level diplomatic activity. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House communications","Diplomacy","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:35:44.866Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-communications","diplomacy","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-128.mp3","bytes":269585,"durationSec":11.08,"bitrate":194646,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}