{"conversationCode":"043-178","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":178,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-178","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T20:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T00:24:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:17 PM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:24 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 3:17 pm and 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-178 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. 43-178\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:17 pm and 7:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger\n\f                                             -103-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 43-179 (cont’d)","filename":["043-178.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-177","nextCode":"043-179","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":3.16,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":3.24,"end":4.82,"text":"Mr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":5.26,"end":11.85,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The interaction serves solely as a logistical request to establish direct communication with Kissinger. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential logistics","National Security Advisor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:40:07.579Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","national-security-advisor"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-178.mp3","bytes":544812,"durationSec":22.55,"bitrate":193309,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.866Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-178.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-178","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-178","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}