{"conversationCode":"043-186","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":186,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-186","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-186 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. 43-186\n\f                                            -107-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 43-185 (cont’d)\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-8]\n\n             Unsuccessful attempt to reach Mrs. William Randolph Hearst","filename":["043-186.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-185","nextCode":"043-187","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":5.18,"text":"Mr. President, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst has moved to her country home in about an hour."},{"start":5.2,"end":7.8,"text":"If you've got no answer yet, could I try it then?"},{"start":8.33,"end":8.67,"text":"Sure."},{"start":8.85,"end":9.77,"text":"And I'll call you back."},{"start":9.89,"end":10.65,"text":"No hurt."},{"start":10.67,"end":10.97,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.99,"end":11.29,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.31,"end":11.89,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.86,"end":13.94,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Mrs. William Randolph Hearst. The attempt to reach Mrs. Hearst was unsuccessful because she had recently departed for her country home. The President agreed to have the operator continue the effort to connect them later in the day.","topics":["William Randolph Hearst","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:40:52.168Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-randolph-hearst","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-186.mp3","bytes":454476,"durationSec":18.8,"bitrate":193394,"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/043-186.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-186","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-186","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}