{"conversationCode":"043-139","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-139","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:56:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:53 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:56 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 9:53 am and 9:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-139 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. 43-139\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:53 am and 9:56 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-10]\n\n       Unsuccessful attempt to reach Harry S. Dent","filename":["043-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-138","nextCode":"043-140","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.12,"text":"Fair enough."},{"start":2.14,"end":2.24,"text":"Okay."},{"start":2.26,"end":3.01,"text":"Tell Steve about it."},{"start":3.07,"end":3.31,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.67,"end":7.08,"text":"Mr. President, Harry Dent is in town, and he'll be at the White House shortly."},{"start":7.1,"end":8.05,"text":"I left word."},{"start":8.07,"end":8.91,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Harry S. Dent, who was visiting Washington D.C. The operator informed the President that Dent was in town and expected at the White House shortly. Nixon acknowledged the update and requested that the information be relayed to Steve, confirming that arrangements for the interaction were in progress.","topics":["Harry S. Dent","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:36:40.609Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-s-dent","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-139.mp3","bytes":379927,"durationSec":15.68,"bitrate":193840,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}