{"conversationCode":"043-185","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":185,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-185","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-185 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. 43-185\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-7]\n\n       Request for a call to Mrs. William Randolph Hearst","filename":["043-185.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-184","nextCode":"043-186","transcript":[{"start":1.33,"end":2.41,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.63,"end":8,"text":"Would you try Mrs. William Randolph Hearst in New York at 810 Fifth Avenue?"},{"start":8.6,"end":9.8,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.82,"end":10.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Mrs. William Randolph Hearst at her residence in New York. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate direct communication with the prominent social figure. The operator acknowledged the directive and proceeded to initiate the connection.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Mrs. William Randolph Hearst","White House communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:40:46.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","mrs-william-randolph-hearst","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-185.mp3","bytes":396227,"durationSec":16.37,"bitrate":193596,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-185.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-185","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-185","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}