{"conversationCode":"043-144","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":144,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-144","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:17:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:16 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dent, Harry S.;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent talked on the telephone from 10:16 am to 10:17 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-144 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. 43-144\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: 10:16 am - 10:17 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Harry Dent.\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-16]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with the President\n                  -Photograph\n                  -Report on South Carolina","filename":["043-144.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dent, Harry S."],"prevCode":"043-143","nextCode":"043-145","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.38,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.46,"end":3.19,"text":"Mr. Dent, sir."},{"start":3.21,"end":3.75,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":3.77,"end":4.25,"text":"There you are."},{"start":4.59,"end":4.85,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.57,"end":6.17,"text":"Oh, hello, Harry."},{"start":6.29,"end":6.77,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.25,"end":8.52,"text":"Oh, you're in town here, aren't you?"},{"start":8.54,"end":8.9,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.94,"end":10.62,"text":"I'm over in the EOB."},{"start":10.7,"end":16.21,"text":"Oh, I think that, well, I'll tell you, they were going to have you come in a little later."},{"start":16.23,"end":18.77,"text":"Why don't you drop over now at the office?"},{"start":18.8,"end":22.02,"text":"We want you to get a picture, and I want to get a little report from you on your South Carolina."},{"start":22.3,"end":22.56,"text":"Good."},{"start":22.82,"end":23,"text":"Okay."},{"start":23.12,"end":24.07,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":24.09,"end":24.16,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls Harry Dent to coordinate an immediate meeting at the White House. The President requests that Dent provide a briefing on the political climate in South Carolina. Additionally, the conversation serves to arrange for a formal photograph to be taken during Dent's visit.","topics":["South Carolina","Political strategy","White House scheduling","Presidential appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:37:07.353Z"},"topicSlugs":["south-carolina","political-strategy","white-house-scheduling","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-144.mp3","bytes":727846,"durationSec":30.17,"bitrate":192977,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-144.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-144","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-144","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}