{"conversationCode":"043-202","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":202,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-202","startDateTime":"1973-02-27T13:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-27T13:07:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:01 AM","endDate":"27-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 8:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-202 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. 43-202\n\nDate: February 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:01 am and 8:07 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 415-6]\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["043-202.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-201","nextCode":"043-203","transcript":[{"start":9.28,"end":10.56,"text":"or Kissinger, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No further policy discussions occurred during this exchange as it functioned solely as a routine operator request.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House operations","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:42:21.602Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-202.mp3","bytes":462056,"durationSec":19.12,"bitrate":193328,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-202.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-202","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-202","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}