{"conversationCode":"043-151","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":151,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-151","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T19:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:12 PM","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 2:13 pm and 3:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-151 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. 43-151\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 860-1]\n\f                                               -87-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 43-151 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for a call to John C. Stennis","filename":["043-151.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-150","nextCode":"043-152","transcript":[{"start":3.52,"end":4.6,"text":"on us, please."},{"start":4.72,"end":6.6,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator John C. Stennis. This administrative contact initiates a communication sequence between the President and the Senator regarding official business. The interaction serves as the preliminary step for the subsequent recorded discussion between the two men.","topics":["John C. Stennis","White House operator","telecommunications","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:37:45.082Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-151.mp3","bytes":277109,"durationSec":11.41,"bitrate":194235,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.863Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-151.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-151","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-151","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}