{"conversationCode":"043-153","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-153","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T20:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T20:26:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:26 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 3:15 pm and 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-153 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. 43-153\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 860-6]\n\n       Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["043-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-152","nextCode":"043-154","transcript":[{"start":5.06,"end":6.02,"text":"Now, please."},{"start":6.04,"end":6.45,"text":"Yes, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to evangelist William F. \"Billy\" Graham. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and the prominent religious leader. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.","topics":["William F. Graham","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Religious leaders"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:37:56.351Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-f-graham","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","religious-leaders"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-153.mp3","bytes":309710,"durationSec":12.76,"bitrate":194175,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}