{"conversationCode":"043-158","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":158,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-158","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T23:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T23:47:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"6:33 PM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"6:47 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 6:33 pm and 6:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-158 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. 43-158\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:33 pm and 6:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["043-158.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-157","nextCode":"043-159","transcript":[{"start":4.2,"end":5.87,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.89,"end":7.58,"text":"You can try Mr. Holloman now, please."},{"start":8.24,"end":8.93,"text":"Certainly."},{"start":8.95,"end":10.8,"text":"I'll call you right back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate communication with a key advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential staff","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:38:18.049Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-158.mp3","bytes":378673,"durationSec":15.63,"bitrate":193859,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-158.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-158","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-158","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}