{"conversationCode":"043-136","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":136,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-136","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:27:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:23 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-136 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. 43-136\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:23 am and 9:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -79-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-4]\n\n       Requested call to Mrs. Benjamin Freeman","filename":["043-136.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-135","nextCode":"043-137","transcript":[{"start":1.7,"end":7.11,"text":"I'd like to talk to Mrs. Benjamin Freeman in Philadelphia, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Mrs. Benjamin Freeman, a resident of Philadelphia. The brief interaction served exclusively to facilitate the connection of this telephone call. No further discussion or policy-related matters were recorded during the exchange.","topics":["White House Operator","Telephone Call","Philadelphia","Mrs. Benjamin Freeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:36:23.979Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telephone-call","philadelphia","mrs-benjamin-freeman"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-136.mp3","bytes":349834,"durationSec":14.44,"bitrate":193813,"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/043-136.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-136","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-136","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}