{"conversationCode":"043-208","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":208,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-208","startDateTime":"1973-02-27T17:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-27T17:35:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:32 PM","endDate":"27-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:35 PM","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 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-208 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. 43-208\n\nDate: February 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 415-20]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["043-208.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-207","nextCode":"043-209","transcript":[{"start":1.82,"end":3.73,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4,"end":4.2,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves solely as a routine administrative request to establish a line for a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief operator contact.","topics":["White House administration","Ronald L. Ziegler","Communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:42:55.568Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","ronald-l-ziegler","communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-208.mp3","bytes":285890,"durationSec":11.76,"bitrate":194482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-208.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-208","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-208","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}