{"conversationCode":"043-133","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":133,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-133","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T01:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T03:00:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:21 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:00 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 8:21 pm and 10:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-133 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. 43-133\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:21 pm and 10:00 pm\n\f                                               -76-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 43-130 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Unsuccessful attempt to reach William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["043-133.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-131","nextCode":"043-134","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":11.09,"text":"Mr. President, on the call to Reverend Billy Graham, I found that he's in Atlanta, Georgia, in the hotel there, but he doesn't answer in his room."},{"start":11.13,"end":12.55,"text":"Do you want me to leave word?"},{"start":12.57,"end":14.2,"text":"No, I'll try him tomorrow, thank you."},{"start":14.22,"end":20.59,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding the status of a placed call to Reverend Billy Graham. Upon learning that Graham was unavailable at his hotel in Atlanta, the President declined the offer to leave a message. He ultimately decided to postpone the communication and attempt to reach Graham again the following day.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communications","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:36:06.528Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-133.mp3","bytes":613777,"durationSec":25.44,"bitrate":193011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.862Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-133.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-133","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-133","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}