{"conversationCode":"043-197","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":197,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-197","startDateTime":"1973-02-26T22:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-26T22:21:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Feb-1973","startTime":"5:21 PM","endDate":"26-Feb-1973","endTime":"5:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-197 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. 43-197\n\nDate: February 26, 1973\nTime: 5:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-29]\n\n       Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n       Status of call to Mrs. Nixon","filename":["043-197.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-196","nextCode":"043-198","transcript":[{"start":4.01,"end":5.31,"text":"Ring Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":5.33,"end":7,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":35.79,"end":38.36,"text":"Mr. President, we show that she's talking to someone right now."},{"start":38.38,"end":39.28,"text":"Should I interrupt?"},{"start":39.3,"end":39.91,"text":"No, no."},{"start":40.13,"end":42.3,"text":"Not important."},{"start":42.32,"end":42.68,"text":"All right."},{"start":42.74,"end":44.79,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to initiate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon via the White House operator. Upon learning that the First Lady was already engaged in another conversation, Nixon declined to have his call put through or to interrupt her. The request was ultimately dropped after the President determined that the communication was not of an urgent nature.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","personal communication","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:41:54.061Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","personal-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-197.mp3","bytes":1194264,"durationSec":49.63,"bitrate":192519,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-197.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-197","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-197","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}