{"conversationCode":"043-187","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":187,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-187","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:18:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:18 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 3:05 pm and 3:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-187 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. 43-187\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-9]\n\n       Request for a call to George H. W. Bush","filename":["043-187.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-186","nextCode":"043-188","transcript":[{"start":3.44,"end":5.31,"text":"Mr. George Bush, please."},{"start":5.33,"end":6.14,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to be connected with George H.W. Bush. The conversation served exclusively as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the Republican National Committee Chairman. No policy matters or substantive discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["George H.W. Bush","White House operations","communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:40:57.595Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","white-house-operations","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-187.mp3","bytes":315352,"durationSec":13,"bitrate":194062,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-187.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-187","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-187","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}