{"conversationCode":"043-162","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":162,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-162","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T14:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-22T14:50:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-162 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. 43-162\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: 9:50 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 861-1]\n\n       Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["043-162.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-161","nextCode":"043-163","transcript":[{"start":2.07,"end":3.48,"text":"Can you ring Mrs. Nixon, please?"},{"start":3.68,"end":5.89,"text":"She's on the phone."},{"start":6.29,"end":7.33,"text":"When she's off, thank you."},{"start":7.36,"end":9.38,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. Upon learning that she was already occupied on another line, the President instructed the operator to place the call once her line became available. This brief exchange reflects standard administrative procedures for internal White House communications.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","Presidential communications","telephone logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:38:40.567Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","telephone-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-162.mp3","bytes":343508,"durationSec":14.17,"bitrate":193889,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-162.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-162","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-162","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}