{"conversationCode":"043-154","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":154,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-154","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 043-154 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. 43-154\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 860-8]\n\n       William F. (“Billy”) Graham’s location\n\n       The President’s schedule","filename":["043-154.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-153","nextCode":"043-155","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":0.85,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.16,"end":5.15,"text":"Mr. President, I understand that Reverend Graham is en route to his home."},{"start":5.17,"end":6.17,"text":"We seem to be missing."},{"start":6.59,"end":6.97,"text":"Yes."},{"start":7.33,"end":12.31,"text":"If he calls back, I'll have to return him later then because I'll be gone for an hour or so."},{"start":12.39,"end":13.09,"text":"Okay."},{"start":13.11,"end":14.6,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Reverend Billy Graham, who was currently traveling home. The President established protocol for the operator to follow should Graham attempt to contact him during a planned one-hour absence. No significant policy decisions were made, as the exchange focused strictly on scheduling and communication logistics.","topics":["Billy Graham","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:38:01.780Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-154.mp3","bytes":470206,"durationSec":19.45,"bitrate":193367,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-154.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-154","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-154","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}