{"conversationCode":"043-192","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":192,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-192","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:38:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:32 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:38 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 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-192 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. 43-192\n\f                                              -110-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 43-191 (cont’d)\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-15]\n\n       Request for a call to Gerald R. Ford","filename":["043-192.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-191","nextCode":"043-193","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.64,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.66,"end":3.41,"text":"Congressman Ford."},{"start":3.45,"end":4.98,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief interaction served as an administrative request to establish communication between the President and the future Vice President. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as the operator immediately proceeded to connect the two parties.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:41:25.038Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-192.mp3","bytes":274601,"durationSec":11.29,"bitrate":194522,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.867Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-192.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-192","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-192","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}