{"conversationCode":"043-198","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":198,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-198","startDateTime":"1973-02-26T22:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-26T22:36:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Feb-1973","startTime":"5:36 PM","endDate":"26-Feb-1973","endTime":"5:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On February 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at 5:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-198 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. 43-198\n\nDate: February 26, 1973\nTime: 5:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\f                                                 -114-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 43-198 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 413-32]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Dinner\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["043-198.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"043-197","nextCode":"043-199","transcript":[{"start":1.06,"end":3.17,"text":"Mr. President, I have Mrs. Nixon there, sir."},{"start":4.71,"end":4.95,"text":"Hi."},{"start":5.74,"end":11.65,"text":"I've got to meet with Kissinger tonight because I'm doing something with the press tomorrow, so I'm going to have dinner over here."},{"start":12.12,"end":12.58,"text":"Okay."},{"start":12.6,"end":13.3,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":14,"end":14.14,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon contacted First Lady Pat Nixon to inform her of a scheduling change regarding his evening plans. He explained that he needed to have dinner at the White House to meet with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger in preparation for a press engagement the following day. Mrs. Nixon acknowledged the update, and the brief conversation concluded with the confirmation of his revised itinerary.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Henry Kissinger","White House schedule","Press relations","Presidential itinerary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:41:59.699Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","henry-kissinger","white-house-schedule","press-relations","presidential-itinerary"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-198.mp3","bytes":505887,"durationSec":20.93,"bitrate":193332,"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/043-198.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-198","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-198","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}