{"conversationCode":"043-199","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":199,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-199","startDateTime":"1973-02-26T22:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-26T23:03:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Feb-1973","startTime":"5:36 PM","endDate":"26-Feb-1973","endTime":"6:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-199 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. 43-199\n\nDate: February 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:36 pm and 6:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to William L. Safire","filename":["043-199.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-198","nextCode":"043-200","transcript":[{"start":2.87,"end":3.93,"text":"Sapphire please."},{"start":3.95,"end":4.81,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct telephone call to William L. Safire. The interaction served as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication with his speechwriter and advisor. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief exchange.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House communications","Presidential correspondence","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:42:05.025Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-communications","presidential-correspondence","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-199.mp3","bytes":290901,"durationSec":11.97,"bitrate":194365,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-199.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-199","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-199","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}