{"conversationCode":"043-168","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":168,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-168","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T19:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-22T19:25:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:24 PM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:25 PM","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 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-168 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. 43-168\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 411-14]\n\n       Request for a call to Thomas Hart","filename":["043-168.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-167","nextCode":"043-169","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":4.72,"text":"Tom Hart, please Yes, sir"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Thomas Hart. This brief exchange serves strictly as a logistical connection to facilitate communication between the President and Hart. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Presidential communications","Thomas Hart","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:39:13.171Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","thomas-hart","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-168.mp3","bytes":278363,"durationSec":11.47,"bitrate":194206,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-168.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-168","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-168","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}