{"conversationCode":"043-149","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-149","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"11:19 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:19 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 11:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-149 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. 43-149\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: 11:19 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-27]\n\n       Request for Stephen B. Bull","filename":["043-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-148","nextCode":"043-150","transcript":[{"start":3.49,"end":6.03,"text":"Ask Steve Ball to step in the Oval Office, please."},{"start":6.11,"end":8.17,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request through the White House operator to summon Stephen B. Bull to the Oval Office. This directive serves as a procedural step to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the President and his aide. No substantive policy or political discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","Oval Office","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:37:34.332Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","oval-office","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-149.mp3","bytes":315298,"durationSec":13,"bitrate":194029,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}