{"conversationCode":"043-164","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":164,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-164","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-22T15:06:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:55 AM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:06 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-164 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. 43-164\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:55 am and 10:06 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 861-19A]\n\n       Request for a call to William P. Rogers\n            -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["043-164.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-163","nextCode":"043-165","transcript":[{"start":2.92,"end":6.62,"text":"Dr. Kissinger is calling Secretary of State Rogers."},{"start":6.68,"end":7.44,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection for Henry Kissinger to speak with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This administrative request was made to coordinate high-level communication between the National Security Advisor and the State Department. The interaction serves as a routine procedural step for managing presidential staff logistics.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","William P. Rogers","White House operations","Diplomatic coordination","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:38:51.542Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","diplomatic-coordination","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-164.mp3","bytes":345447,"durationSec":14.24,"bitrate":194071,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-164.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-164","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-164","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}