{"conversationCode":"043-138","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-138","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:53:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:53 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 9:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-138 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. 43-138\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: 9:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-8]\n\f                                             -80-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n       Request for a call to Harry S. Dent","filename":["043-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-137","nextCode":"043-139","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":4.37,"text":"Mr. Harry Dent, please."},{"start":4.57,"end":6.98,"text":"He's probably in South Carolina, but he may be back here now."},{"start":7,"end":7.75,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to political advisor Harry S. Dent. The operator noted that Dent might currently be in South Carolina, though he could have already returned to Washington. This brief interaction served as a logistical attempt by the President to initiate contact with a key staff member for unspecified discussion.","topics":["Harry S. Dent","Presidential communications","White House operations","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:36:35.147Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-s-dent","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-138.mp3","bytes":366078,"durationSec":15.12,"bitrate":193692,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.862Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}